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Why is it so important that we should be able to control what it runs? It's a consumer gaming device and does that perfectly well. No one is complaining that y
by dtech 9y ago
Why is it so important that we should be able to control what it runs? It's a consumer gaming device and does that perfectly well.
No one is complaining that you can't run your own programs on the dishwasher or thermostat, or your car (and I fear the day we get jailbroken autonomous cars)
- ianai 9y agoAdding the ability to program and run whatever on it actually asks Nintendo to add on a lot of extra project management, development, and overall support. This is a 300$ console not a 600$ laptop (and even that would be a low price for gaming on a laptop).
- Legogris 9y agoIt's funny you use the car example, because actually yes, I have heard FOSS fundamentalist using that as a textbook example of when you as a user want to be able to verify what's actually running. It's not that far off from tractors and the like, which actually is a problem for owners when they become abandonware. Comment thread and documentary on that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16386012 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16386012 I'm happy with my Switch despite it being locked down, and hey, it's Nintendo and people are already running Linux on it: https://twitter.com/fail0verflow/status/964954316892119040 https://twitter.com/fail0verflow/status/964954316892119040