Polygon: Xbox One policy "gross, despicable, greedy, pathetic, cowardly"

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http://www.polygon.com/2013/6/7/4406170/xbox-one-internet-trade-policy

Quote:

After a month of vague corporate comments from Microsoft executives, we now know the Xbox One's game licensing policy was written from the ground up for companies. It's aggressively anti-consumer and anti-middle class, and it outright ignores underprivileged gamers. It's gross, despicable, greedy, pathetic, cowardly and out of touch with a growing global resentment for corporations.

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