Just bought a steamdeck (switch is objectively inferior)
Eh, the Switch has a few things going for it:
- smaller form factor and better battery life
- joycons are nice for casual gaming
- physical media can be lent and resold
- simpler to use - matters a lot for kids
I have and love both. I really like first party Nintendo titles, but I really dislike Nintendo’s legal arm.
A lot of their market practices aren’t great either. Backing up saves on your own hardware, anyone?
Sure, but I almost never care about backing up saves anyway. It would be nice for it to be a thing, but it’s really not something I personally care about.
Ideally, Switch’s software would be FOSS so I could do whatever I please with it, such as developing my own games, turning it into a media server, etc. But it provides enough value that I own one and some games to play with my wife and kids. I also own a Steam Deck which does have a FOSS OS, so it’s awesome that both exist.
Ok, but giving consumers control of THEIR data shouldn’t be optional. Same way car manufacturers shouldn’t get to decide who gets know about what happens inside YOUR car no matter how proprietary and unrepairable their internal systems get.
I’m a lot less happy about “both ‘options’ existing” when one is literally pushing for practices that should not be. Period.
I don’t care whether you personally care about your game saves. The fact remains that you, or any given person, might, and that those cases shouldn’t be an avenue to extort.
The main reason Nintendo gets away with it is that since you don’t care, and since they are only mistreating a minority of their users, there is no big backlash.
I don’t care whether you personally care about your game saves
Exactly, nor should you. I’m just stating that I personally don’t care, so I’m not going to boycott Nintendo or something over it.
That said, I very much do believe individuals should actually own the hardware they buy, and I’m fully supportive of efforts to root their devices. I believe strongly in Right to Repair, and I believe customers should, at minimum, get documentation about how to repair their devices (i.e. board level schematics, part lists, etc), as well as no blocks from the vendor for manufacturers to sell parts. There’s a good chance that this type of information could help people root their devices, but as long as the vendor is commercially supporting their platform, I don’t think they should be obligated to provide source-level details (I’m buying the hardware here, not the software). But once they stop supporting it, they should be obligated to provide information about how to load alternative software onto the device so customers can continue supporting their own hardware.
Nintendo gets away with it because the laws protect them, and even obligate them to aggressively protect their brand. Those laws should certainly change. However, as long as they provide a product that provides value to me, I’ll get it. I’ll do what I can to mitigate issues though (e.g. I’m shopping for a new car, and I intend to remove/disable the chip that communicates w/ the manufacturer).
Thanks Nintendo! You’re giving me even more reasons to not buy any of your crap. It’s been years since I bought something from you and I’m happy you keep doing your best to help me with my decision.
Okay, keep digging your own grave Nintendo. Twitch streamers and YouTubers are a major source of advertising for you, even for back-catalog stuff. The only reason why I see Nintendo directs is because a streamer I enjoy watches them. My interest in Nintendo stuff is pretty low but I’ve been persuaded to buy a few Nintendo games as a result of YouTube or twitch videos. But here’s the thing: these guys have no filter. They swear constantly and love innuendo. They will probably get caught in Nintendo’s net and stop streaming Nintendo stuff. As a result, I will no longer be paying attention to what Nintendo’s doing.
gives Nintendo the liberty to not only take legal action but also ban a user from any future use of their IPs in content making.
Features graphic, explicit, harmful, or otherwise offensive content, including statements or actions that may be considered offensive, insulting, obscene or otherwise disturbing to others;
considers
https://www.google.com/search?q=samus+aran+nude&sclient=img&udm=2&safe=off
About 9,880,000 results (0.20 seconds)
Sounds like they’ve got their work cut out for themselves.
Until they come across the right person inside the EU, then they are fucked. :)
Anti consumer tos are strictly prohibited. For example you could even sue your way out of a ban when you cheated because they keep you out of consuming a product you paid for.
They literally cant take action in 99,99% of cases.
Maybe mark your link as NSFW?
Corporations need their shit slapped straight, on the topic of media ownership. If you want control over something - don’t sell it to ten million strangers.
Hope they get teached another lesson.
