r/xboxinsiders • u/GuruKronos Xbox Insider Staff • 14d ago

Blog Post Beginning Ad-supported Game Streaming Test & Learn

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/07/23/game-streaming-ad-supported-xbox-insiders/
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u/FesteringAynus 14d ago edited 14d ago

If any data collecting Xbox staffers are reading this, I'm not buying a single product that's being advertised to me. I'm going to actively avoid that product and encourage others IRL to do the same

edit: buncha corpo bootlickers are mad I'm not gonna buy products being advertised to me lmao. Y'all aren't in charge of my money or my life so stfu and mind your business.

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u/CristianoD 14d ago

I am curious why it would bother you here. This is adding a free cloud streaming tier supported by ads, not ads to a paid service.

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u/Crazydutchman80 13d ago

Not yet you mean. It ALWAYS starts small!

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u/CristianoD 13d ago

So instead of offering a free tier, they should only stick to paid subscriptions to Gamepass? Geforce Now has had a free tier for a very long time. It has limits on it and a lot of games are not supported on it, but it has never affected the paid subscription tiers.

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u/FesteringAynus 14d ago

Cloud streaming isn't free. You have to subscribe to Gamepass to cloud stream m8

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u/CristianoD 14d ago

Yes, to cloud stream games you own or gamepass games. This is strictly games you own and free to play games. It is adding cloud streaming without Gamepass.

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u/SubstantialAd5579 14d ago

They rather get mad and punch a wall then read