There were rumors of both - these third-party devices and a first-party Microsoft's handheld - the latter one was cancelled or postponed indefinitely. The difference is in licensing games - for a lot of thirdparty games Microsoft has distribution license only for consoles. I know that for some time already the hardware is the same, but legally they are totally different devices. That's why Microsoft wasn't on the hook for 30% cut from purchases on Xbox, but lowered its cut on Windows Store to just 12%.

Very true, they are trying to extract more revenue from viewers, and I agree with you that it will likely backfire on them and ultimately drive people to other platforms. I do think YouTube could ultimately win the battle against ad block if they want to, blocking ads is inherently significantly more complicated than enforcing them. We could easily get to a point where the best an ad-blocker can do is cover ads with a black screen while you wait out the deration. It isn't like software on your computer can force Google's servers to send the video content sooner than they deem appropriate. As for as dollars, I think you have your numbers mixed up a little. $29 is YouTube's revenue number, not worth or profit. YouTube being owned by Google means their worth and profit numbers are not directly known. Based on Google's reporting, it costs them more than YouTube's revue to run the platform. Maybe they are playing with the numbers a little, and certainly Google gets value from YouTube beyond direct revenue.

YouTube comments are not displaying correctly for some users by Aditya Tiwari Image by ElisaRiva via Pixabay YouTube comments have long been used to express opinions, ask questions, provide feedback, share insights, or simply react to the video you're watching. However, this can sometimes go south, and unexpected bugs can ruin the experience. The Google-owned video sharing platform reached out to its community support forum to announce that YouTube comments are not displaying correctly for some users. YouTube has listed various ways the known issue can appear on your screen. For instance, comments are only visible when the "Newest First" filter is chosen; they might disappear or hide when "Top Comments" is selected, or they may not display at all. Some users may not be able to sort comments by "Top Comments," or their comments may disappear after being posted. "We're aware that some of you are experiencing an issue where comments aren't showing up beneath certain videos, and we're looking into it now," YouTube said, adding that it will follow up on the issue with an update. However, it didn't mention the regions where the problem is most prominent or specify the platforms (Android, iOS, or desktop) that are affected. This comes about a week after YouTube ran into a different problem: the bottom navigation bar on its Android app wasn't displaying for users in different countries. YouTube has now marked that issue as fixed. In recent updates, the video streaming giant took down a video that taught people how to self-host their media, citing policy violations. Its latest update for iOS brings bad news for people running old iPhones; several of them are now incompatible with the YouTube app. While YouTube has introduced features like Google Lens for Shorts, voting for playlists, and trending podcasts charts, it plans to insert more ads into its cheaper premium tier later this month.

chromium adblocking champ is called Brave btw.

I think it was even showed off during presentation it looked like a windows taskbar and windows icon during part. It also had the task view button looking at it. 1:07 during the "ROG Xbox Ally World Premier Reveal Trailer | Xbox Games showcase" - https://youtu.be/FIVmyOIV1MQ?t=64 Other than the lack of clock it looked like some custom explorer implementation. The appeal would extend well beyond students. While the handheld might suit that crowd, a pre-configured "Xbox Gaming PC" line could be the perfect answer for players overwhelmed by GPU choices or by which pre-built to buy when they don’t want to build from scratch. It would provide a hassle-free and upgrade-friendly platform. Imagine "Xbox PC 1" today, then "Xbox PC 3" a few years later. If other vendors follow suit (and they probably will), a standardized performance score, similar to the old Windows Experience Index, could make comparing systems straightforward also. (i think that's the way they will go, some sort of index with listed certified systems you can check game performance in. Say they have a score of 5, you know games that have a 5 or above will run fine.) EDIT: We also know it can run windows software, people have used steam on it and installed other games. So it must be able to run Windows executables already. If it does not ship with Windows Explorer it can be made to work for it.