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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Nintendoesn't

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Knock knock, Nintendo.

Suprise!

Its the Consumer Protection and Defense agency of Brazil!

https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/nintendo-faces-legal-action-over-ability-to-brick-switch-2s-whenever-they-want-3221145/

Yeah, Brazil is evidently not cool with the 'we can completely brick your device remotely' schtick.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

I guess if the German "verbraucherschutz" hears this they might also pitch in once the German bureaucracy has run a few months for it

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yep. And unlike most toothless consumer protection agencies in the US, Procon does not fuck around. They'll even straight up force gaming companies to unban someone from a game if the person felt the ban was unfair, and force them to not only return their entire progress, but all of their items and pay them a sum for the damages.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Everyone who actually buys a Switch 2 deserves exactly what they get.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

You're not wrong, though we should still advocate for consumer protections to stop this abuse.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

Thank you for helping me bypass the paywall!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wonder if the EU can throw the book at them. Technically the port on the switch is not USB-C but a proprietary port with the same physical connector. But EU mandates USB-C especially so people can use chargers and things they already have. So I wonder if Switch 2 violates EU regulations.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it mandates it for charging, but i dont think the mandate technically applies for other functionality.

i wouldnt be surprised if as a device it charges normally with pd chargers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The original Switch didn't confirm to USB-PD properly, I doubt the second one does.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

EU law that mandated all devices under 100W to adhere to the USB-PD protocol only passed a few years ago. Comparing it to the switch 1 is invalid because it was designed before the mandate existed. I made my statement with knowledge of the mandate

if you want to doubt nintendo didn't follow it, nintendo is effectively illegally selling the switch 2

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Can't believe they did it again.
While on the Switch 1 it might have been because the USB PD spec wasn't fully finalized when it was made, on the 2 they're being actively malicious.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can't believe they did it again.

I mean, really?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

I guess I should say I'm impressed at their audacity instead of suprised...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I read about Nintendo's ability effectively brick them remotely yesterday and decided to cancel my order. I have had every Nintendo console since the NES, for better or worse, but I am definitely skipping this one.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

The steam deck has been the direct replacement for the Nintendo switch for me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know 'canceled' is the American spelling but it looks weird to me without the second L.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh my god, it does have two L's. I've been losing my mind this entire time for like the past... Well since getting auto correct.

I thought I was just bad at spelling.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Both "canceled" and "cancelled" are correct spellings, but they are used in different regions. "Canceled" is the preferred spelling in American English, while "cancelled" is preferred in British English.

For whatever reason, even though I'm American, canceled just looks wrong to me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I won't even consider buying one until they're fully hackable. Until then I'd rather invest in my steamdeck and PC.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have the mindset that I buy one for the lowest firmware, because nintendo always has people trying to hack it (successfully). Nintendo has very low investment in actually trying to get a proper OS engineer design their OS security. Youd basically have to go as far back as the fucking virtual boy to look for something non exploitable, and thats just because no one bothered with it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

I've considered buying one to hack later, the only issue is generally being locked in to low firmwares and thus only the games on those firmwares, unless they figure out some sort of hack later on.

Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if the switch 2 ends up requiring a hard mod down the road but I've decided I'm not going to worry about any of it until it materializes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Get a steam deck and pirate any of the games you want

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What sites can you pirate switch games from? So I know to stay away from them

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Idk, Nintendo games have zero appeal to me. Not sure what the best source is.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Just wait til it's hacked bro. No way they are keeping this thing secure.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Just another example of Nintendo sucking.

I’m so glad I didn’t buy this piece of shit. Keep your junk, Nintendo. I’ll enjoy your games on PC when emulation comes.

Which is funny because I would have been a paying customer. But now I don’t have to!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Everything about Switch 2 has made me hate every choice Nintendo has made.

Guess I'll sit out this generation, and focus on backlogs. Then in 10 years, I can always just pirate the Switch 2 catalog.