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Re:Inside Nintendo’s “perfect” method for detecting online S... by CGamesPlay on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @01:31PM (#17357532)
I feel like a closer analogy would be "I can't drive my car as soon as I install flame-thrower exhaust".

What would cause a user in normal operation of a switch to be permanently banned form the Nintendo network?

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Re:Inside Nintendo’s “perfect” method for detecting online S... by loser777 on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @01:42PM (#17357672)
Isn't the most direct analogy: a stolen car refuses to start? But I would still download a car if I could.

side note: What does flamethrower mean in this case? Some potentially totally legitimate car modifications (e.g., two-step launch control) have the side effect of dumping unburnt fuel into the exhaust, creating a "flamethrower" effect. Not sure if two-step violates noise or "flamethrower" laws first though ;).

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Re:Inside Nintendo’s “perfect” method for detecting online S... by secabeen on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @07:39PM (#17360889)
> Isn't the most direct analogy: a stolen car refuses to start? But I would still download a car if I could.

Perhaps, and if you buy a stolen item, and the police find it, they will return it to the original owner. You get nothing, you just lost the money you spent.

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Re:Inside Nintendo’s “perfect” method for detecting online S... by reacweb on Thursday June 21, 2018 @03:19AM (#17362849)
A "normal" user who has a child who has received a "pirated game" as a gift at school?
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