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I never bought a Sony console again after they took away OtherOS on the PS3. And now that Nintendo starts acting like they own the device I paid for, a customer relationship that started in the mid-1980s ends.

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Every mobile phone manufacturer does the same thing and it isn't doing any of them any harm.

Phones are a necessity, videogame consoles are not. In any case, most people are not looking to flash alternative firmwares on to devices they rely on daily for work and their personal life.

The option is still available for Pixel phones and those using niche brands like Purism and Librem.

Hopefully one of these days someone legally pushes back against N and wins, the way it's going it's doubtful though. To me, this isn't a far cry from them permabanning Switches via serial from online play for cheating and piracy, just the difference of them encroaching on hardware territory now. Piracy, uh... finds a way.

edit: and come on, what other purpose do eFuses really provide besides lockin

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