The so called leak that contradicts the rumour hasn't actually said online isn't forced, just that it's "tolerant" ( You could also look at that as "We give you 30 minutes to get your internet back or we'll disconnect you").
@sladakrobot @Nzilla No it didn't get nullified. It was rumoured from various sources already, and the "leak" from MS was just one vague sentence, it proved nothing yet.
Ahahah, I think I have an idea as to why they did that.
See, the original Xbox360 has a hack called JTAG. You basically screw a bolt deeper inside the console and it neutralizes it's defenses, and since it's a hardware issue, Microsoft can't fix it by using updates. Never tried it myself so I don't know more than that.
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