How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowing its own fuses

Re:How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparabl... by kiplkipl on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @09:19AM (#23538800)

The switch is 3 years old and - as the other comments have noted - this technique is much older. Yet, on a website for self-styled hackers, so many are learning about it for the first time. Did people really care that much?

If the device depends on write-once ROM that was written in the factory, is that also anti-consumer?

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Re:How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparabl... by anoncake on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @12:15PM (#23540895)

> If the device depends on write-once ROM that was written in the factory, is that also anti-consumer?

That depends on the intent.

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