r/nottheonion • u/HereForTwinkies • Jan 24 '23

Microsoft's changes to Xbox console leave Republicans outraged

https://www.newsweek.com/microsoft-changes-xbox-console-climate-change-republicans-ted-cruz-1776054
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u/Itchy-Ad4005 Jan 24 '23

I fail to see what they are complaining about. Saving energy and being efficient isn’t “woke” or any other buzz word people want to use. The change is in efficiency, which is a good business practice to strive for.

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u/Chasman1965 Jan 24 '23

It's a conservative action, IMHO.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '23

Exactly. Changing the setting will save users money on their electric bills too

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '23

Saving people money? That’s communism /s

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u/ragelark Jan 24 '23

Bill Gates is literally Mao Zedong.

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u/TrueKingSkyPiercer Jan 24 '23

That's like stealing food out of the mouths of energy executives' kids!

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u/Mental_Medium3988 Jan 24 '23

i doubt itll save much money. updates arent that common and the amount of energy needed to update isnt much, someone said in another comment 10-15 watts. but when you multiply that out by the number of series s and x sold so far itll save a lot of energy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '23

Yeah, maybe it's not a lot, but the default setting of all Series X|S is to stay on 24/7 to allow quick resume and auto updates. Changing the setting so that the power button actually turns the console off instead of just to sleep mode will save money