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FSF Says Nintendo's New DRM Allows Them to Remotely Render User Devices 'Permanently Unusable'


"In the lead up to its Switch 2 console release, Nintendo updated its user agreement," writes the Free Software Foundation, warning that Nintendo now claims "broad authority to make consoles owned by its customers permanently unusable." "Under Nintendo's most aggressive digital restrictions manag...

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