Nintendo Is Already Punishing Switch 2 Users Over Piracy ‘Suspicions’

Follow the link in the article to find out what really happened: https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch2/comments/1lcqw4d/comment/my2iylo/

I also posted this in another threads a few days ago:

Nah, the OP of one reddit thread admitted he tried more than just his backups:
Dude is a prolific poster in Switch hacking communities and he used an account which he previously used with a hacked Switch 1
He admits trying the migswitch with the Switch 2 and it starting downloading something.
They got an online ban, so offline games and such still work.
You can agree or disagree whether piracy should be legal or whether backup copies are permitted (depends on jurisdiction), but this dude obviously played with fire and got burnt.
TL;DR: don’t be stupid and get banned for breaking ToS (whether you agree with it or not)

edit: more context: https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch2/comments/1lcqw4d/comment/my2kigh/

God this guy broke ToS while connected to the internet? Can't MigSwitchs run offline? I thought it was just a cart dump.
Sadly (at the time of writing) you’re just getting downvoted, because Lemmy’s hateboner for Nintendo is more important than context
- Luckily at the moment they have a lot more upvotes than downvotes. Probably because they are providing information and aside from the "you are stupid for breaking (a likely-predictable) TOS and expecting nothing to happen" judgment, it's pretty neutral on passing judgment on the bigger argument at hand: whether this policy should be here in the first place.
- Things you should never get caught liking on Lemmy:
  Nintendo
  Windows
  Auth-right, lib-right, or lib-left politics
  A can of beans
  Police
  Man vs bear hypothetical
  CalyxOS
  Etc.
  (Edit: formatting)
- Yeah I was thinking the same, first few votes were down lol. Now you seem to catch the fire for pointing it out. Hope you care as much about votes as I do (which is not at all)
- They didn't even get downvoted, but you decided to get angry about this imaginary scenario just in case. What's wrong with you?

Tbf, I hope nintendo keeps going this route and punishing more and more its customers. After all, if you keep supporting a company that hates you so much, you deserve what you get.

Most of their customers don’t even know the Mig flash exists.
- I'm a filthy Switch pirate and I only knew of the name. I didn't know what it was exactly or how it worked until the recent reporting about it.
I don’t think Nintendbros will care. They already pay $120 to buy the same game twice.

You buy Nintendo, you get Nintendo.

Just nintendon't

If you try to go online with a flashcart, you're an idiot and I have no sympathy.

That's victim blaming. That should be illegal (to brick these devices)
- It's not bricked. It's just banned from online services. Sony and Microsoft do this too, for the record.

Yes Nintendo yes! I'm sure you won't turn into a Sony after the OtherOS debacle, just keep doin what you're doing! LMAO

Thanks Nintendo, now I'm looking up what the mig flash is lol

Gotta love the Streisand effect.

Why is the title worded that way, he literally was pirating. It isn't 'Suspicions' to use a MIG cartridge.

Because in the US and several other countries you can legally back up a cartridge that you have bought. In that case it wouldn't be piracy.
- In that case it wouldn’t be piracy.
  What about in this case?
- Even if that is legal (it isnt), but it will be circumvention of encryption at worst and recreation of protected algorithms, code and keys in a non-nintendo product at best ( and thats before talking about game cartridge content ).
  Last i checked that is still illegal hehe
- You may have the right to make a backup, but playing that backup on a non sectioned device or via non sectioned means is still a breach of the TOS and breaking the license terms of the game and/or console. Oh and it is in violation of the DMCA as far as I know, because to make the backup it is needed to circumvent copy protection, which is forbidden by the rules of the DMCA (and equal laws in other jurisdictions like Europe). You may own the cartridge, but you still only have a license (with very specific terms and rules) to use the software on it.

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