Why Johnny Won't Upgrade

Re:Why Johnny Won't Upgrade by mschuster91 on Thursday August 27, 2020 @03:47AM (#24291066)

> Even if I am able to wrest control away from the manufacturer (e.g. "jailbreak" the device) I may not be able to revert to a prior version because the hardware identifies itself as being physically unable to run the old software.

coughs in Nintendo Switch

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Re:Why Johnny Won't Upgrade by shifto on Thursday August 27, 2020 @04:08AM (#24291185)

It seems the Switch has 64 burnable fuses. What will they do after the 64th update?

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Re:Why Johnny Won't Upgrade by stilley2 on Thursday August 27, 2020 @08:01AM (#24292787)

For anyone else who had never heard this and wants some background: https://hackernoon.com/how-the-nintendo-switch-prevents-down...

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Re:Why Johnny Won't Upgrade by Joeri on Thursday August 27, 2020 @04:18AM (#24291250)

Make a new console. The Wii doesn't get updates anymore.

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Re:Why Johnny Won't Upgrade by NeuNeurosis on Thursday August 27, 2020 @04:38PM (#24298368)

But does the Wii need updates? I mean we still play every once in a while and have never updated it.

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Re:Why Johnny Won't Upgrade by mschuster91 on Thursday August 27, 2020 @04:51AM (#24291447)

Right now they're at 36 releases, gonna get interesting for sure

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Re:Why Johnny Won't Upgrade by criddell on Thursday August 27, 2020 @09:11AM (#24293316)

Does every update require a fuse to be blown?

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Re:Why Johnny Won't Upgrade by igneo676 on Thursday August 27, 2020 @09:52AM (#24293681)

No. They can choose if it's a minor-enough update and not blow a fuse

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