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A comment on How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowing its own fuses. Parent comment

Re:How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparabl... by londons_explore on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @06:26AM (#23537532)
If this was widespread, Nintendo would just release a firmware without fuse checks.
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Re:How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparabl... by roblabla on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @08:27AM (#23538302)
More like, they'd just release a firmware without the remote exploit in the first place. The consoles that got their fuses wiped would be bricked anyways, you wouldn't be able to install the firmware without fuse-checks on it through normal methods (Nintendo, however, could replace them easily).
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