Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowing its own fuses (2020)

Re:Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowin... by michaelmrose on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @01:18AM (#30775224)

Actually its exactly that easy. The platform holders cannot offer something to content providers that is outside the boundaries of the law nor use a court to compel them to break the law.

Making it the law is about the only thing that would work because incentives are otherwise inherently misaligned.

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Re:Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowin... by fay59 on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @05:55PM (#30783986)

And what are the boundaries of the law?

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Re:Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowin... by michaelmrose on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @06:23PM (#30784306)

We are discussing not what IS the law but what in some people's opinion ought to be the law. The comment that started this thread

> I believe we need new laws declaring that consumers can run whatever versions of software they want on devices they OWN.

To which you said

> The reason it’s not that easy is that platform holders have contractual obligations with content providers about their content being secure.

I pointed ought that if the law were modified as requested that such contractual obligations would be mooted because they cannot be obligated to implement restrictions that would fall afoul of the prospective law that commenter proposed and I agree ought to be implemented.

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