Quoting: slaapliedjeIs this DRM though?

According to mobile operators it is. They also used to lock devices that prevented users from switching to competing networks. You can argue it's not DRM, but they actually threatened those who tried to break that with anti-circumvention. That's why DRM has nothing to do with rights. It's quite proper to call it Digital Restrictions Management, it's exactly what it's used for - to restrict the user.

In case of Switch and most incumbent consoles - they have tons of such restrictions.

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I wish that scene with riding through the tunnel (that plays at the end of each level, found in tunel-full.bik) would actually be a playable part. The best music in the game in it so far :).

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FYI: updated Ruiner build fixes cutscenes problems.

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Quoting: Guestgetting...well, a bit boring and disappointing.

It's pretty much on topic. You can't run Linux on Switch, without breaking the DRM there first, which folks from fail0verflow did quite successfully to enable this. That's a good thing if you missed the point.

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It's just a Tegra tablet with some Nintendo DRM mess attached. So once DRM is broken, Linux should be runnable :)

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Good to see them using DisplayPort and not HDMI.

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Quoting: DuncThat's a ridiculous circular argument that wouldn't last five minutes in court

Anti-circumvention laws themselves are really unconstitutional, so in normal court it would have fallen apart. But we are talking about the current messed up system and undemocratic policy making attached to it. Courts are known to abuse such kind of laws. So instead of whitewashing DRM practices with demagoguery, avoid those who use it.

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Quoting: EikeThe difference is they are trying to get away with it? Well... *shrug*

Use stores which respect the user, such as DRM-free ones. That's the whole point of the above discussion. I find attempts to whitewash crooked practices rather strange.

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Quoting: EikeYou didn't show a difference to the paperback.

The difference is more clarity. Physical goods have an instance to which you can apply common use cases such as first sale doctrine and the like. Digital case is more complicated and way less consistent. And various owners try to get away with messing up the rights of the user.

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Quoting: EikeThe makers don't want to you to, try to disallow it, but it's allowed by law in many countries.

Sane countries should allow breaking DRM too. That doesn't make such stores DRM-free.

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