Most people accepted the development sandbox Microsoft graciously allowed and turned it into a fairly thriving 'homebrew' scene: see the https://xbdev.store/

It's just a shame Sony gatekeeps running any kind of personal code on the platform and that access to development tools is a total nightmare.

Right, but I expected the sandbox would have a MSTSC (Remote desktop client). Or a decent browser to allow use as a more serious machine

speaking of xbox, we witnessed a ps5 being used like a pc before xbox console-pc hybrid could materialize.

That is my point. I thought the Xbox would bring computing to the living room. Steam and now PS5 can, leaving slop in the dust

You may want to have a look to Moonlight, that's more performant than Steam link. I haven't tried it on Xbox but used it on a Steam deck and between PCs. It worked flawlessly on a not-so-good WiFi.

I have used moonlight, but got some of those older SteamLink and they work well. though, moonlight on Xbox?