Alright, but the thing is those very same deals don't need your entire front page to work. They could be advertised in a text box (see: PS3), and work just as fine.

And I see plenty of ads already on politics and ESPN and other non-gaming things when I go on the internet. Don't need it taking up the space I could use to organize my stuff.

To each his own though.

Why would the sticker peel? And you underestimate how much I used to use my 360. I took it to college, where me and my friends played GTA V and Halo 4 on it pretty much every single day for almost a year. I've had plenty of experience with it, even if I use other consoles more,  and as a gamer who isn't primarily a 360 gamer but still has plenty of experiences with the console, I can say with no bias that the ads are intrusive.

To be honest I dont really notice the crap on the dashboard at this point. Most of it is trying to sell me some game or movie, but my eyes are trained to look just at the launch game thing. I prefer the original "blade" look of the dashboard. I am certainly not okay with actual ads for cars and stuff that you cannot buy through your xbox. X1's dashboard is nice and clean with no BS at the moment.

Seriously?  Well I'm a gamer and I think similar "gamer's interests" are displayed on both conosles.  And even if something doesn't appeal to me (like the ad for that newly released in theaters movie, "Lucy", on PSN) I can appreciate that somebody out there will be glad to know that they can use their multi-media console (Something console owners are proud of when it suits them and not so proud of when it doesn't) to do multi-media things.  And even if you scroll away from "what's new", there's that ticker in the top right that is always there showing deals and content.

But you have to READ that ticker, right?  Well, you also have to read or highlight an Xbox 360 ad.  I'm not saying the ads are good or bad.  I'm saying that both consoles do a lot of similar things.  Have a lot of similar strengths and have similar flaws.  People tend to overlook a flaw on their favorite console and magnify the existence on their favorite competitor.

Thumbs up for an epic response. Wish you had taken the bet though.

Don't own a 360, but have heard other people complain about the screen o' ads. Put it down to Microsoft's Google envy.

Personally used to be irritated that my brother-in-law's PS3 would always start up to PSN page trying to sell things, but I think that was an issue with login configuration or the fact he never had a disc in it. Haven't had the same frustration with my own PS3.

Keeping the store trapped inside its own little icon is the pro-consumer way to go with embedded systems.

I don't see any ads on the Xbox One dashboard other than ads for games and other media.

So if your Android phone put the Google Playstore main screen on your phone home screen instead or your Appstore main screen replaced your iPhone homescreen, you wouldn't care?

I know I would.

Shoving stuff in my face to try to entice me to buy should be in the devices store and not the homescreen. A homescreen should focus on your content first and foremost, not make it appear secondary. This is the OP's complaint, and it's a damn good complaint, no matter how often you try to belittle his view and try telling him to just suck it up and fall in line.

If you are like me, I never visit the store unless I see an advertisement for discounted games.  When I turn on my Xbox 360 I am usually going straight to my pins or playing the game in the HDD.  

My 30-year old NES still has a sticker and it's been used so much, as you could easily see.