With that out of the way, the comments here are fantastic, but I have expected no less from the comments section of a Nintendo news outlet. Blind loyalty to a corporation obsessed with pure, unadultered control, based on the false assumption that the "evil hackers" are why the Switch's features are gimped. The crux of the matter is, the Switch's features are gimped so Nintendo can sell them back to you. It's an old and tested trick that's regretfully effective in today's world. That's why Nintendo are against the hackers: they're providing what they're selling back in the way it was meant to be, and ask for literally nothing in return. Tech corporations really love their control, and will fight for it, just the same as the hacking side is fighting for it. And ultimately, we gave tech corporations so much power, it won't be long before we cease to have any control over what we own, it won't be long until the likes of the comments here literally allow tech corporations to get away with banning entire consoles from even operating.
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Re: Nintendo Bans Online Services For Prominent Hacker's Switch Console
@jimi
> Blocking someone from accessing video games that someone bought digitally is also illegal, which is why Steam stopped doing so some time ago.
I signed up just to refer you to this thread:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_steam_support_has_deleted_or_renamed_my_accounts_login
Our lovable corporate overlords at Valve still retain the power to delete your Steam accounts and will use them to deny access from what you own.
With that out of the way, the comments here are fantastic, but I have expected no less from the comments section of a Nintendo news outlet. Blind loyalty to a corporation obsessed with pure, unadultered control, based on the false assumption that the "evil hackers" are why the Switch's features are gimped. The crux of the matter is, the Switch's features are gimped so Nintendo can sell them back to you. It's an old and tested trick that's regretfully effective in today's world. That's why Nintendo are against the hackers: they're providing what they're selling back in the way it was meant to be, and ask for literally nothing in return. Tech corporations really love their control, and will fight for it, just the same as the hacking side is fighting for it. And ultimately, we gave tech corporations so much power, it won't be long before we cease to have any control over what we own, it won't be long until the likes of the comments here literally allow tech corporations to get away with banning entire consoles from even operating.
Be careful what you wish for.