What grossly incompetent leadership.
this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2026
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Bad news Microsoft, I didn't just leave gamepass, I left windows.
Same, though I keep a defanged AtlasOS version on dual boot for the rare things that absolutely require that garbage.
I've just axed win10 completely and never ever felt like I've needed it the past two years for anything.
That’s my plan. Just making sure everything works on my linux install. Once I’m happy with it I’ll wipe the drive and install AtlasOS for that random one off thing that doesn’t work.
I was one of those people. Yes I still have some remaining time left on my Gamepass Ultimate subscription, but I purchased a mid-level gaming pc and a bunch of Steam games. It'll be cheaper in the long run for me.
I've pulled off the Xbox band-aid and even reverting the price hike won't persuade me to go back. I've been a continuous subscriber since mid-360 days.
Don't forget to check itch.io for crazy shit indies can come up with, a lot of it free, some paid.
Welcome friend, even midlevel will open you to a world of gaming.
Remember the order of purchases should be GOG (DRM free games), then Steam, then shittier platforms.
Older games especially, things like the older fallout games you'll be able to pick up for <$5 and play for 60+ hours
I would put Humble Bundle bundles at the top of the list.
Bump for humble. Run it for a year or two and you'll have a scary backlist in no time. Though I also have a bunch of shit (imo not actually) games from the early days before the pick system that I'll never play.
Gog top even after their Nazi symbols email recently?
Yes. I'll allow mistakes to happen, one mistake does not erase all of the good they've done. They keep doing it, that changes things, but they admitted it and apologized.
Yes, that was not intentional.
There were lightning bolts that were supposed to be at the beginning and end of a phrase that ended up getting moved side by side.
See I thought that it was just them being super unprofessional and letting the robot do their marketing for them and not even proofreading. Is that not still the case here?
Here's a question, why have it at all? It was not sent out to Germany with it. Why not just make that version the only one? Leave your emojis out of your subject lines and have your marketing team embed a professional image in the body, thats enough.
Can you name a better option?
Same and never going back. They had me since the OG Xbox. Microsoft is an absolute shit show of an anti-consumer company.
When they hiked the price, I dropped from Ultimate to the minimum required for online multiplayer. I imagine that each month I put the difference in my Steam Machine fund (or some custom built PC running SteamOS).
I stopped using Gameapass when I got a Steam Deck
Microsoft doesn't want me to use their product so I won't.
That’s why I stopped playing Minecraft, because they don’t want me to. (Bedrock with controller does not work on Linux)
33 minutes and nobody has offered an impractical yet potentiall workable solution(?) yet... maybe it really isn't possible.
I played with using the google play store version, but it kept showing out of date and kept having to log back into google. Not worth my time.
The change saw Game Pass Ultimate jump 50%, rising from $19.99 to $29.99 per month. PC Game Pass also increased from $11.99 to $16.49, marking nearly a 40% hike.
Yes! They actually heard me!
Usually I get pissed about these things and nobody cares.
Yup.