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Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use
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this post was submitted on 11 May 2025
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If you think either Apple or Microsoft wouldn't do that,.you've likely too young to know about "hackingtosh" computers or too nerdy to have read the windows 11 coverage.
That neither company would do it without a profit motive is a good argument to ban both from running "app stores".
That's why linux is the only choice for me now.
Hackintoshes have been around since the 80s and this has never happened.
In 2009-2012 Apple did levy a successful lawsuit against Psystar for doing this in a business environment. But they've never enforced bricking a consumer Hackintosh and I expect they never will.
Apple has reportedly sued people trying to figure out the communication protocols and chips on hardware those people own.
Aside from the specific hackintosh problem, apple is no better.
You guys still use Windows and Macs, lol?
Contrary to what Lemmy would like you to believe, some of us actually like using Windows. Is it annoying sometimes? Yes but Linux can also be really annoying and a pain. I've wasted days trying to get a GPU to show up properly among other smaller issues for work purposes. I'm not gonna even try to bother with it when I just want to get home and relax.
Convenience is not worth all the spyware and disrespect.
Many of us don’t get a choice when it comes to work computers. I use a lot of software that is impossible to get on Windows or Linux. I despise Macs with a passion, but I’m forced to use them for certain aspects of my work. Because there literally isn’t an analogous program for Windows or Mac.
Same with my desk computer, which is a Windows laptop issued by the company’s IT department. Could I boot Linux on it from a USB drive? Probably. But why would I, when that could easily get me fired as soon as IT sees a random Linux machine trying to connect to their network?
why are you running pirated media on a work computer?
On the same basis as Nintendo, it wouldn't matter if they are or are not, if their "detection" determines its against terms, then its against terms.
False positives happen all the time.
huh?
The only part that matters is detection.
Whether that detection is accurate or not is irrelevant.
what does that have to do with using a pc with linux instead of win 11 or nintendo product
if it is a false positive on a work computer that is your work’s problem
Ah, yes, because everyone is provided a PC by their employer.
There aren't self employed people or anything who maybe require a specific piece of software to get paid.
But what does it have to do with it? Its the entire thread dude, what are you talking about?
wtf weird strawman is this?
what win 11 only software do you need that you have to pay for in your gig job?
buy a work only computer if this isn’t just bullshit since pirated media should be nowhere near your official production even if it’s your property, this is basic shit
if its a false positive, welcome to why we hate windows but I still have no idea what your comments have to do with anything we’re talking about
What strawman? Dude this is the entire basis of this comment thread. What the fuck are you talking about?
no it’s not, you derailed the whole thing, go back to the beginning and learn to read more carefully
lord help you
I'd really recommend taking your own advice and actually reading the thread you are commenting in. Holy shit.
Then just switch to Linux on your personal computer. Seriously, it's as if you saw that single "gotcha" argument and decided to repeat it with no thought whatsoever
Not at all. There are a lot of Lemmy users who act like using Windows/Mac for anything is a sin. The go-to advice whenever Microsoft progresses the enshittificafion is “lol I haven’t used Windows in [X] years. Just make the switch to Linux already.” And they act like ditching it is the only way to go. But the sad reality is that ditching Windows/Mac isn’t an option for many people who are roped into using it due to corporate policy or entrenched software.
Hell, I still have to use Windows XP fairly regularly for work. It’s an air gapped system that never touches the internet, but it is a program that is written in Flash… And it controls some of the most expensive gear that the company owns. Since Flash isn’t supported on modern OSes, the official vendor solution is to fucking ship a Windows XP machine.
I took down all the lan ports in our cube area connecting a raspberry pi to the network. I left network as static as I set it up and installed it into equipment where it won't touch the network but the machine can talk to it, but then realized I needed some extra software. So I brought it out to my desk where I had set it up while it was set to dynamic and it caused the whole switch it was connected to to shut down. No one really seemed bothered when I went to get it fixed. Concerningly not bothered in fact.