Xbox live gold requirement is getting ridiculous

Seriosly a gold membership is needed just to use youtube?

this is a service that most phones can use for free, why do microsoft feel they have the right to charge for an otherwise free service.

Seriosly a gold membership is needed just to use youtube?

this is a service that most phones can use for free, why do microsoft feel they have the right to charge for an otherwise free service.

dvalo9

lol @ M$.

I can go on my PS3 and use all the features of Youtube right now ... for FREE, heck I can use a web browser for free.

I can go on iphone right now and use Youtube for free, no contract required just wi-fi.

MS is a joke.

[QUOTE="dvalo9"]

Seriosly a gold membership is needed just to use youtube?

this is a service that most phones can use for free, why do microsoft feel they have the right to charge for an otherwise free service.

Heil68

Had no idea you couldn't use youtube without gold. This is pure fail from MS but what else do you actually get from them lately? More fail.

Do you really want compressed videos on your tv that badly?MFDOOM1983

it's because all the xbl stuff is still avalible.

in netflix you can join a party and everyone can watch a movie together where you sit in this funky little theatre.

it's silly but you still have to pay for that stuff.

[QUOTE="Heil68"][QUOTE="dvalo9"] I think requiring Gold for Netflix is even worse than requiring it for Youtube, honestly.PurpleMan5000

[QUOTE="MFDOOM1983"]Do you really want compressed videos on your tv that badly?rasengan2552

it's because all the xbl stuff is still avalible.

in netflix you can join a party and everyone can watch a movie together where you sit in this funky little theatre.

it's silly but you still have to pay for that stuff.

Riverwolf007

Do you really want compressed videos on your tv that badly?MFDOOM1983

[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

it's because all the xbl stuff is still avalible.

in netflix you can join a party and everyone can watch a movie together where you sit in this funky little theatre.

it's silly but you still have to pay for that stuff.

rasengan2552

it's prolly different for me because i have a pile of real life friends on xbl.

[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

it's because all the xbl stuff is still avalible.

in netflix you can join a party and everyone can watch a movie together where you sit in this funky little theatre.

it's silly but you still have to pay for that stuff.

rasengan2552

it's because all the xbl stuff is still avalible.

in netflix you can join a party and everyone can watch a movie together where you sit in this funky little theatre.

it's silly but you still have to pay for that stuff.

Riverwolf007

[QUOTE="dvalo9"]

Seriosly a gold membership is needed just to use youtube?

this is a service that most phones can use for free, why do microsoft feel they have the right to charge for an otherwise free service.

Heil68

[QUOTE="MFDOOM1983"]Do you really want compressed videos on your tv that badly?dvalo9

[QUOTE="rasengan2552"][QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

it's because all the xbl stuff is still avalible.

in netflix you can join a party and everyone can watch a movie together where you sit in this funky little theatre.

it's silly but you still have to pay for that stuff.

Riverwolf007

it's prolly different for me because i have a pile of real life friends on xbl.

[QUOTE="rasengan2552"][QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

it's because all the xbl stuff is still avalible.

in netflix you can join a party and everyone can watch a movie together where you sit in this funky little theatre.

it's silly but you still have to pay for that stuff.

MFDOOM1983

[QUOTE="dvalo9"][QUOTE="MFDOOM1983"]Do you really want compressed videos on your tv that badly?MFDOOM1983

[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

it's because all the xbl stuff is still avalible.

in netflix you can join a party and everyone can watch a movie together where you sit in this funky little theatre.

it's silly but you still have to pay for that stuff.

StrongDeadlift

It's MS, what do you expect?

They charge twice for Netflix

They charge for Facebook

They charge for Twitter

They charge for Party Chat

They charge for online multiplayer (the most ridiculous)

MS charges for things that are free, it's like their the bottled water companies.... What's funny though is watching people try and defend it, it's hilarious :lol:

It's MS, what do you expect?

They charge twice for Netflix

They charge for Facebook

They charge for Twitter

They charge for Party Chat

They charge for online multiplayer (the most ridiculous)

MS charges for things that are free, it's like their the bottled water companies.... What's funny though is watching people try and defend it, it's hilarious :lol:

ShadowMoses900

i knew you'd get atleast one wrong

Well then if you can do it for free elsewhere then do it and quit b***hing about it.

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

It's MS, what do you expect?

They charge twice for Netflix

They charge for Facebook

They charge for Twitter

They charge for Party Chat

They charge for online multiplayer (the most ridiculous)

MS charges for things that are free, it's like their the bottled water companies.... What's funny though is watching people try and defend it, it's hilarious :lol:

lawlessx

i knew you'd get atleast one wrong

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

It's MS, what do you expect?

They charge twice for Netflix

They charge for Facebook

They charge for Twitter

They charge for Party Chat

They charge for online multiplayer (the most ridiculous)

MS charges for things that are free, it's like their the bottled water companies.... What's funny though is watching people try and defend it, it's hilarious :lol:

lawlessx

i knew you'd get atleast one wrong

I ment cross chat, because my friend sent me an invite to an XBL party but I couldn't join because I wasn't Gold member.

You can't even use the cloud storage without Gold, can't use Facebook without having Gold.

That's why I use my PS3 as a media hub instead. It does so much more than the 360 anyways in that department.

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

It's MS, what do you expect?

They charge twice for Netflix

They charge for Facebook

They charge for Twitter

They charge for Party Chat

They charge for online multiplayer (the most ridiculous)

MS charges for things that are free, it's like their the bottled water companies.... What's funny though is watching people try and defend it, it's hilarious :lol:

ShadowMoses900

i knew you'd get atleast one wrong

I ment cross chat, because my friend sent me an invite to an XBL party but I couldn't join because I wasn't Gold member.

It's MS, what do you expect?

They charge twice for Netflix

They charge for Facebook

They charge for Twitter

They charge for Party Chat

They charge for online multiplayer (the most ridiculous)

MS charges for things that are free, it's like their the bottled water companies.... What's funny though is watching people try and defend it, it's hilarious :lol:

ShadowMoses900

You can't even use the cloud storage without Gold, can't use Facebook without having Gold.

That's why I use my PS3 as a media hub instead. It does so much more than the 360 anyways in that department.

Bigboi500

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]

i knew you'd get atleast one wrong

lawlessx

I ment cross chat, because my friend sent me an invite to an XBL party but I couldn't join because I wasn't Gold member.

You have to be Gold Member, scroll down to features

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Live

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

You can't even use the cloud storage without Gold, can't use Facebook without having Gold.

That's why I use my PS3 as a media hub instead. It does so much more than the 360 anyways in that department.

heretrix

Don't like it? Get a PC. Or a PS3. Microsoft offers a service that they charge for. If you don't like it, stop complaining and go somewhere else. They won't care if Mr. Dvalo9 isn't paying his $60 because of the 10 million+ other people who are.foxhound_fox

It's MS, what do you expect?

They charge twice for Netflix

They charge for Facebook

They charge for Twitter

They charge for Party Chat

They charge for online multiplayer (the most ridiculous)

MS charges for things that are free, it's like their the bottled water companies.... What's funny though is watching people try and defend it, it's hilarious :lol:

ShadowMoses900

i like bottled water, i don't make a habit of it but if i'm out and don't want to drink a soda or whatever i will buy one.

i'm not going to go into the stores bathroom and suck it out of the tap, sure it's cheaper to do that but ugh.

[QUOTE="heretrix"]

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

You can't even use the cloud storage without Gold, can't use Facebook without having Gold.

That's why I use my PS3 as a media hub instead. It does so much more than the 360 anyways in that department.

Bigboi500

I don't play my 360 much anymore. There's only one game that I'd wanna play online, and that is the awesomely amazing Gears 3. But its still not enough for me to pay for Live Gold. If you let someone stick it in your bum, they'll continue to stick it until you say enough is enough.

If you have a gaming PC and a PS3, I seriously don't know why you should pay for Live. Perhaps for your XBL buddies? Well, that's a selling point I guess... Each person differs.

I don't think Youtube should allow it. MS tried the same with BBC iPlayer but the BBC had none of it and MS had to make it available to Silver members to use too.SaltyMeatballs

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

It's MS, what do you expect?

They charge twice for Netflix

They charge for Facebook

They charge for Twitter

They charge for Party Chat

They charge for online multiplayer (the most ridiculous)

MS charges for things that are free, it's like their the bottled water companies.... What's funny though is watching people try and defend it, it's hilarious :lol:

Riverwolf007

i like bottled water, i don't make a habit of it but if i'm out and don't want to drink a soda or whatever i will buy one.

i'm not going to go into the stores bathroom and suck it out of the tap, sure it's cheaper to do that but ugh.

Bottled water is just tap water, and not only that but it's harmful to the environment. The plastic they use in the bottles is really cheap and is meant to only be used once or twice, after that the plastic starts to break off, so if you buy a cheap bottle of water like Disani or whatever and you refill it more than twice, than you are actually drinking particles of plastic that get's mixed with the water.

And due to it being cheap plastic, it can't be recycled too well so it just sits in a landfill. Then you have the factories that produce the cheap plastic for the bottles and those hurt the lolcal animal habitats and the environement nearby.You can get the SAME thing for free, it's tap water. Actually it might be worse because they "purify" it of the natural resources and minerals in water. So your actually wasting money.

Wow that's terrible, isn't there ads in it as well? :lol:tomarlyn

And the PC is the way to go with this stuff anyway. Why in the hell would you use a piece of crap app over the superior PC interface in the first place? It's not like you need a gaming pc to run them. I know, I know it's convenient. Whatever. I guess it doesn't bother me because I have a HTPC in my living room and never use those stupid apps in the first place. But why would you have an xbox and not have live anyway. You might as well just have a PS3. The 360 has no games anyway, right?heretrix

Wow that's terrible, isn't there ads in it as well? :lol:tomarlyn

[QUOTE="SaltyMeatballs"]I don't think Youtube should allow it. MS tried the same with BBC iPlayer but the BBC had none of it and MS had to make it available to Silver members to use too.Ravensmash

[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

It's MS, what do you expect?

They charge twice for Netflix

They charge for Facebook

They charge for Twitter

They charge for Party Chat

They charge for online multiplayer (the most ridiculous)

MS charges for things that are free, it's like their the bottled water companies.... What's funny though is watching people try and defend it, it's hilarious :lol:

ShadowMoses900

i like bottled water, i don't make a habit of it but if i'm out and don't want to drink a soda or whatever i will buy one.

i'm not going to go into the stores bathroom and suck it out of the tap, sure it's cheaper to do that but ugh.

Bottled water is just tap water, and not only that but it's harmful to the environment. The plastic they use in the bottles is really cheap and is meant to only be used once or twice, after that the plastic starts to break off, so if you buy a cheap bottle of water like Disani or whatever and you refill it more than twice, than you are actually drinking particles of plastic that get's mixed with the water.

And due to it being cheap plastic, it can't be recycled too well so it just sits in a landfill. Then you have the factories that produce the cheap plastic for the bottles and those hurt the lolcal animal habitats and the environement nearby.You can get the SAME thing for free, it's tap water. Actually it might be worse because they "purify" it of the natural resources and minerals in water. So your actually wasting money.

s just tap water, and not only that but it's harmful to the environment. The plastic they use in the bottles is really cheap and is meant to only be used once or twice, after that the plastic starts to break off, so if you buy a cheap bottle of water like Disani or whatever and you refill it more than twice, than you are actually drinking particles of plastic that get's mixed with the water.

And due to it being cheap plastic, it can't be recycled too well so it just sits in a landfill. Then you have the factories that produce the cheap plastic for the bottles and those hurt the lolcal animal habitats and the environement nearby.You can get the SAME thing for free, it's tap water. Actually it might be worse because they "purify" it of the natural resources and minerals in water. So your actually wasting money.ShadowMoses900

C'mon this is way off topic and just reaching, leave this alone. and bottled water is not tap water, its distilled at the very least, some even come from glacier streams.