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Xbox's new policy — say goodbye to unofficial accessories from November thanks to error '0x82d60002'
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To be clear, they're not requiring us to buy Xbox brand official controllers. They're requiring "authorized" controllers, which includes a lot of third-party brands. That's still kinda shitty, but I don't think it counts as tying.
It still counts as infringement upon Xbox owners' property rights and therefore ought to be outlawed.
Whether or not that "counts as infringement" is debatable, as stuff like this is pretty commonplace in the tech industry. See: Apple. If you want to spend the cash to lawyer up and take this issue to the Supreme Court, I support you.
What property right is violated? Genuine question.
The owner of the Xbox can buy and use whatever accessories they want. You just can't expect them to let you access their network, not being able to be offline is a different matter of shitty practice but nothing about this is illegal, at least in the US.