Agreed. Permanent hardware bans have been a thing since the PS3/360 era.
I’m not saying it’s a good thing that they can unilaterally disable hardware you purchased (although I certainly understand the reasoning wrt cheaters and pirates) but the author here is acting like the idea is some completely new idea from the diabolical industry villains du jour.
Noerknhar@feddit.org 2 days ago
They can brick it in the US, not in UK or EU.
donuts@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s a problem of the US law or lack of consumer protections compared to UK/EU, not because it’s Nintendo. All the other companies have this too.
Noerknhar@feddit.org 2 days ago
That simply isn’t true. Look at the ToS wording (US version). Nintendo added a clause specific to the device’s functioning, not only to online services.
donuts@lemmy.world 2 days ago
This has been a thing since 2005 or so, why are we still surprised again?