Console Security – Nintendo Switch [video]
Beyond preventing the distribution of pirated games, why do console manufacturers put so much effort into preventing unvetted code from running on their hardware?Does Nintendo actually stand to lose anything if a homebrew community evolved?Shouldn't we put time limits on DRM like we do on copyright so that eventually owners of these devices are allowed to use them however they like?My sony PSP and nintendo DS are collecting dust because I already played all the licensed games I was going to on them. Now these devices are worthless to me and get tiny prices on the 2nd hand market. If their owners released firmware signing keys, these devices could have a new lease on useful life as homebrew machines, but instead their owners tell us no, they'd rather the devices became prematurely useless and that we can't get any use out of them unless they can cash in on it... It's weird now that I think about it.