• CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    No, Bricking would be rendering the firmware useless. It has a definition and this is not it. Rendering the Switch unable to play games, does not make it a brick. Definitions matter.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_(electronics)

    A brick (or bricked device) is a mobile device, game console, router, computer or other electronic device that is no longer functional due to corrupted firmware, a hardware problem, or other damage

    Banning you from using their online service, does not make the Switch a brick, as the firmware still functions as intended.

    So now, you’re arguing over a “What if” – AND you’re getting definitions completely wrong, resulting in the spread of misinformation.

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      20 hours ago

      What part of wholey disable the device isn’t clicking. They can wipe the firmware. Also bricking is used in a lot of ways, but even this they can do.

      This isn’t banning from online service… Did you even read what I quoted about hardware?

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        18 hours ago

        No company in the history of electronics has ever been in the habit of remotely bricking devices, get real.

        And yes, I’ve read it - ON TOP of that, I’m familiar with these types of clauses in a real world basis. Let me tell you, you’re off in lala land with your interpretation.

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          You seem to be doing everything to ignore the fact that they now have the right and ability to do it. Which is all that was being said and you disagreed with.

          I don’t care about what usually happens. We usually don’t pay for the tutorial to a new system either, but here we are. Things change.

          Let me tell you, you’re off in lala land with your interpretation

          Ok, what part am I misunderstanding about being able to disable the hardware in part or whole? How does being able to make the “Nintendo device permanently unusable in whole or in part” not allow them to brick it? I’m hoping with a real world basis it will be easy.