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Shaunodon said:
Machiavellian said:

I am not conflating any issue, I am ask you exactly who is it that you are directing your ire at as I stated.

You say these laws have nothing to do with protecting children and I ask you this question, where is your proof of that or is this just a feeling.  I am not denying that is the case or not but what are the examples you have that this was not a measure put into place because of abuse that has happened.

So you are saying these laws were instituted by corporations and law makers wanting your personal data.  I do not believe I agree with this because they pretty much already have your data if you ever bought anything online using their services you already provided said personal data.  I do not know but this seems to be a reach here to me.  There are so many ways that your personal data is already online and available to be cross checked and verified already that there really isn't any real need to make a law to do so. 

What exactly would be the gain from the corporation side in this particular situation.  What personal data that they are asking for they can use for whatever purpose?

I honestly can't tell if you're naive or just willing to do play Devil's advocate regardless of how far it takes you. Either way I can see this going nowhere already.

This is just the first step and the tip of the iceberg. If people don't defend their rights now, it's destined to only get worse in the future.

Naive, no, just do not buy it when someone says "Its the law makers and corporations trying to control me".  At some point in time this was always going to happen.  Meaning regulations of the internet and content, the fact its taken this long is more a bigger wonder.

Personally, I see a clash between corps and law makers here which is why I continue to ask you who is it you are directing your ire.  You seem to believe this is a collusion between law makers and corporations and I only see it as law makers trying to control the internet and find more ways to identify and track you.  A unregulated internet is way better for corporations than a regulated one.  Way to much red tape and hoops they have to go through if they want unfettered access to you, your data, buying habits you name it.  Corps do not care about you the person, they care about you the customer and how to get into your pockets.

On the other hand, Law makers care about you the person, especially when looking for ways to identify, track and find you when they believe you have done something wrong.  Its much better for law makers to regulate the internet and find ways to track and identify you so when you perform something that goes against their laws, you are much easier to find.



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"A unregulated internet is way better for corporations than a regulated one."

Not if they're the ones regulating and controlling it...



When Yoti is hacked (and it will be well before the end of this year) it’s going to be the biggest data breach of all time in the UK 🤣🤣



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Machiavellian said:
Tober said:

Every time you press except a cookie, your data is brokered by hundreds. Often you cannot reject all cookies, because 'essential'. 

In this case you will not even have a reject button. The money to fund this has to come from somewhere.

You are not telling me anything I do not know, what I am saying is why would Law makers and corporations need a law to get your data when there are so many ways that data is already giving out and freely sold between corporations already.  Why institute something that bring focus to something they already get for free with no effort.  

If they wanted to have easy access to your data, then instead of making laws, they would just deregulate instead.  Much easier to deregulate and allow unfettered tracking of individuals online than making some obscure law based on children access to adult content.

Because it's not just winning on one topic. The government wins because more control (a.k.a. we know best what is good for you). Corporations win because making money. implementing and sustaining a government mandate like this is not gratis. There is a business model here. And guess what. As a gamer you will be paying one way or the other.



Microsoft earnings report for Q4 FY2025 (April-June 2025):

Overall
- Revenue +18% to $76.4B
- Operating income +23% to $34.3B
- Net income +24% to $27.2B

Gaming (Xbox)
- Revenue +10%
- Content and services revenue +13%
- Hardware revenue -22%

www.vgchartz.com/article/4653...

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— TrunksWD (@trunkswd.bsky.social) 30 July 2025 at 21:19


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Total Gaming Revenue

  • Projection: Mid Single Digits (4-6%)
  • Actual: Low Double Digits (10%)

Projection Beaten by 4-6%

Total Content and Services Revenue

  • Projection: High Single Digits (7-9%)
  • Actual: Low Double Digits (13%)

Projection Beaten by 4-6%

Hardware = No Guidance

Yet again, Microsoft Gaming beat its projections, yet again, Microsoft Gaming is growing healthily.

Time for more layoffs! The narrative that MS Gaming isn't healthy is horseshit, it's just pure greed.

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Microsoft Gaming FY25

• Q4 Gaming Revenue ~$5.532B
• FY25 Gaming Revenue ~$23.46B

• Annual Revenue up $2B or 9% YoY
• Hardware down 25% in FY25
• Content & Services up 16% YoY

• New annual gaming revenue record

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— mauronl.bsky.social (@mauronl.bsky.social) 30 July 2025 at 21:34

Xbox Total Revenue FY25 Q4: $5.532B
Xbox Content & Services FY25 Q4: ~$5.262B
Xbox Hardware FY25 Q4: ~$270M

Xbox Total FY25: $23.455B
Xbox C&S FY25: ~$21.320B
Xbox Hardware FY25: ~$2.135B

My estimates on hardware units

FY25 Q4: ~550K (-35%)
FY25 Total: ~5.25M (-27%)

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— John Welfare (@johnbp.bsky.social) 30 July 2025 at 21:44


FY25 Gaming Revenue ~$23.46B

Satya just mentioned that Game Pass reached nearly $5bn revenue for FY25. Which would be around *nearly* 21.31% of Gaming Revenue being Game Pass. *Nearly* $416m per month from Game Pass. The nearly is probably anywhere from 4.5bn-4.9bn.

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Few years ago Phil Spencer said Game Pass accounts for 15% of their overall Content and Services revenue. He said he didn't think it would grow bigger than that. Now it accounts for *nearly* ~23% of their Content and Services revenue. So it has grown by roughly 8% in just under 3 years. More than Phil's expectations at least, since he believed it would remain at 15%.

Game Pass at "nearly $5B annual revenue" puts it at ~21% of total Xbox revenue, and ~23% of Content & Services

It used to be just 15% according to Phil Spencer back in 2022

theverge.com/2022/10/26/23425029/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-profitable-revenues

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