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> Not only does it not solve the issue at hand

It does actually. This approach ensures that old apps (whose authors never thought it would run on something called an Xbox) will seamlessly run and perform all functions properly except for printing, which isn't supported on Xbox. Panicking here would mean every older app has to update their code to support Xbox.




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