Nintendo's use of surveillance and private investigators to target modders

Re:Nintendo's use of surveillance and private investigators ... by SimeVidas on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @12:07PM (#25583419)

If it’s wrong, then why isn’t it illegal?

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Re:Nintendo's use of surveillance and private investigators ... by brink on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @12:13PM (#25583489)

Using the law as a moral compass is a bad idea.

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Re:Nintendo's use of surveillance and private investigators ... by SimeVidas on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @06:35PM (#25587642)

So Nintendo did nothing illegal. Good.

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Re:Nintendo's use of surveillance and private investigators ... by LadyCailin on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @09:48PM (#25589052)

Really? Ok, I’ll bite.

Neither did Hitler.

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Re:Nintendo's use of surveillance and private investigators ... by SimeVidas on Thursday December 31, 2020 @03:38PM (#25596857)

Hitler set the law. He made things that were illegal legal. Nintendo is just a company that adheres to the laws of democratic countries, and if what Nintendo is doing isn’t considered illegal by those countries, then I’m fine with it.

Also, things get better over time. A hundred years ago, many racist and sexist things were probably legal but aren’t anymore. That’s good. The laws have gotten better. That’s my point. Laws need to evolve with the times. If what Nintendo is doing should become illegal, I am fully on board. If not, then I don’t care.

You can’t have it both ways. Either disallow it, or accept that it’s happening. Nintendo’s brand is too strong. No criticism from the public will affect it.

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