Xbox only ever existed to sell software because MS sees themselves as a software company. Sony will hold on to game exclusives because they sell consoles and Sony sees itself as a consumer electronics company.
The idea MS would kill the Xbox hardware (or even let it fall significantly behind PS hardware) is hard to swallow even if they license Xbox to 3rd party hardware makers. Much like they make the surface pro as a reference machine for windows touch computing, the MS made Xbox would certainly continue to be made as a reference unit to show players how Xbox gaming should behave.
Not OP but Substack has been pretty explicit that they will not be removing fascist/nazi accounts. I suspect the comment you’re replying to was referring to the story about how if you don’t kick the well-mannered “reasonable” nazis out of the bar the instant they show up, you quickly and inevitably discover that your bar is a nazi bar.
Edited for clarity.
I would argue it’s worse that law enforcement can just buy data they would otherwise need a warrant to access. In the case of broad data (e.g. location data for every cellphone user in a neighborhood or city) law enforcement can’t legally seize that at all but they can buy it from a broker. It’s a major fourth amendment violation.
Yeah, that’s the wrong word. “Extracted” or “looted” or “stole” are all more appropriate.