New Xbox Power-Saving Options Have Triggered a Lot of Political Outrage

This is of course just the Outrage Machine doing Outrage Machine things, but I always wonder why these aren't sold to consumers as "cost savings". In my jurisdiction (and I think many others) I pay less for power during low utilization times for exactly this reason.

(insert carbon tax rant here)

It's difficult to take Microsoft's greenwashing seriously when Windows 11 is set to push tens of millions of computing devices into landfills due to the TPM requirement that doesn't exist in Windows 10, which Microsoft intends to sunset for most users in 2025.