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Re:Indie Game Removed from Switch After Dev Reveals It Has a... by chii on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @05:44PM (#19792282)
The quality of software available on the nintendo store has nothing to do with how locked down the hardware is! Of course nintendo (or any other platform holder) would like you to believe otherwise, because by controlling the platform, they are able to maximize the profit extraction. Hardware lockdown and quality of the curated store has nothing to do with each other. Nintendo can (and should) continue to curate their store.

But if i want to produce homebrew for my own machine, I'd have to get permission from nintendo. I also have to pay for that priviledge, when the hardware is something i have purchased.

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Re:Indie Game Removed from Switch After Dev Reveals It Has a... by krageon on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @02:10AM (#19794950)
> The quality of software available on the nintendo store has nothing to do with how locked down the hardware is!

You say this and there was certainly a time when I would have agreed with you. Sadly, the reality doesn't match that belief so I no longer think that is the case.

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