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Xbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you already bought: Time-based a la carte charges come on top of the purchase price for the games themselves. (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Indefinitely just means unspecified. Could be 3000 years, could be 15 minutes; it implies "until further notice" depending on the whims of the noticer. See "suspended indefinitely" in crime drama shows, where they're back on payroll by the end of the episode