"The only way we'll advance is if we drop support for old bullshit things"
Perhaps when the service is stable enough and less people get screwed by it, recent releases that have used always on DRM show they are not ready to provide the servers in a stable enough way.
"With next-gen tech, we should be going with the future"
The technology isn't there for enough of the population to avoid getting screw by this and most importantly developers have shown a worrying inability to properly prepare for large scale releases like this console would be.
"If you can't afford internet (which is pretty sad), stick to previous-gen consoles, then?"
Affordability isn't the concern to most, its the fact that huge pockets of even the most developed nations do not have stable enough connections for always on to be anything less than a disaster.
"Who the shit uses rented games"
People do, I often take games to a friends house or to a lan, taking the whole machine is irritating and should never be necessary.
"Lets start a thread about Titan being shit and we should all complain from now, we don't know anything but we can assume its going to be shit, right?"
Recent releases show companies are rarely equipped to deal with large scale always on games, its reasonable to expect more problems for an entire console with this obnoxious DRM.
There are rumors microsofts next console will have always on DRM, this thread is addressing those rumors and if people will still buy the console if they are true.
Educate yourself on this issue before speaking about rationality, there are glaring holes in your understanding of almost everything you mentioned