Yeah, they can redesign the xbone to fit one category of peoples needs. It's called don't put the restriction on it in the first place.
Seriously, connecting every 24 hours is absolutely not necessary, all it does is gimp your own consumer base.
#1 most moronic thing a company could do. In one blow, Microsoft pissed away half of their console customers. Only ones that won't care are the kiddies who need their halo fix. You would think they would know business 101, in which "Good features = more purchases." They certainly don't make profit on people continuing to use the 360 and not buy the xbone.