I would say it is bad DRM and worse DRM. So I agree with Galaki, although he made that comment as a joke.

You said good DRM is making the consumers life easier. No DRM ever makes the life of the consumer easier. Without DRM you can always achieve the same. You bring Steam as an example and ignore, that CD-keys are also DRM. Without DRM you always can achieve the most convenience.

Your last sentence puts the nail in the coffin: as no DRM makes things easier only more complicated (things like cloud-saves or similar may be bundled with DRM, but can be made also without it), no DRM makes games easier, because the development of the DRM must be paid on top of the development of the game and no DRM makes things more convenient. Based on your definition every DRM is bad DRM.

DLC is no DRM. Day one DLC might be bad, but it doesn't restrict you to play the game on as many machines you want or at any time and to resell the game.

The DRM itself has no advantage for the customer. It may be bundled with advantages, that could be offered without DRM. But that is a case of sweetening the drink to hide the taste of the poison.

DRM is like cancer. Sure there are different types but they all suck,

I am always serious and always joking.

No. There's no such thing as good DRM. There are bad and less bad, but are bad regardless of shades.

Sorry I made a mistake. What I meant to say was that you can't play on any Xbox One with an acceptable amount of freedom. WIth SecuROM you get five activations and those five machines can play anytime they want. With a physical game you can resell them and you're good to go. With Steam you can go offline and any number of machines can access the games simultaneously. Each of these distributions have special advantages.

You get none of these advantages with the Xbox One. You cannot resell them like a physical disk and you cannot play them simultaneously like Steam or SecuROM. All of this is made worse by the online checks. I cannot in any way see how Xbox One's offering is better than any of these. Whether it's physical games like PS4, or DRM games lik PSN/Steam, or DRM-free games like GoG, Xbox One is clearly the worst one out.

I do not expect this from Microsoft, I am saying it is an advantage that Steam provides that curbs it's various downsides. Yes, Steam is DRM, but this is a nice feature to have. Microsoft doesn't offer this, and yet is still has online checks and games tied to your account. It's the downsides of DRM, with nothing good to add to it.

I would have far preferred Microsoft simply go the same way as Sony: offer DRM-free (ish) physical disks and DRM digital downloads. At least then you'd have the advantage of reselling, renting, and lending the games.

Hence why I specifically stated "DRM service."

The OP has made some pretty horrendous errors that only portrays XBO in a negative light and doesn't project all the facts. If you're serious about having this debate then at least post the correct information.

I would think the ability for a user to logon to any XBO and have access to their games and saved data is an amazing feature. Sure it might not offset the DRM issues in your eyes but it is a benefit that shouldn't be ignored. You're also basing the bad DRM on what your expectations are of the services Microsoft will provide, should they innovate the services they have available to further convenience the user then your points are further refuted.

At least you've tried to bring some reasonable points to the table however flawed.

My friend has been stationed in Afgahnistan with unreliable internet where his only source of entertainment for the past few years has been his Xbox 360. Please explain to him how his fears of DRM and always online makes him a giant sooky girl.

The problem is that Steam has offered this exact same feature with blazing fast servers and Steam Cloud for years, without always online.