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There are only 32 such fuses.

• sov 9y ago
  So? How would blowing all 32 "fuses" make the console obsolete?
  • apostacy 9y ago
    It would be obsolete because it would no longer be as usable. This has happened to several phones, and especially Apple devices. At least when Microsoft forced people to update to Windows 10, you could still install Windows 7 later if you really wanted. But your iPad or phone can go from being fairly usable and fast, to being slow and useless with the last update. And it almost always does.
    • sov 9y ago
      > It would be obsolete because it would no longer be as usable. What on Earth makes you think this?
      • apostacy 9y ago
        Permanently slowing my device down = Making my device less usable = obsolete I could have gotten many more years of usability out of it, but they nearly bricked it with an update that I could not say no to.
        • sov 9y ago
          That's not what these "fuses" do.
• favorited 9y ago
  That only means they can use this mechanism to prevent software downgrading 32 times. It says nothing about consumer hardware obsolesce.
• myelin 9y ago
  Nothing stopping them from ditching this method and making release 33+ just expect that all the fuses are blown. It's just a software check, so Nintendo has a ton of options to keep things going.
• tedivm 9y ago
  That doesn't prove your point. Once they run out of fuses it just means they they can't lock versions in anymore, it does not mean that they will not be able to release new versions.