But some consoles are modded, that’s for sure. Perhaps that would allow investigating further exploits.

Still, console modding that depends on services provided by those not interested in the modding, like the company behind the console itself, is generally not long-lived. So looking at how modding in this era of services usually goes, I’d suggest keeping yours offline, and on the lowest firmware version (“system version”) you can.

At worse, put it online to download the patch for supporting physical Switch 1 games if needed, and figure out how to remove the nagging update message that will keep appearing afterwards (maybe the safe boot option like with the Switch 1 would work?)

Not familiar with the Switch 2’s eventual region locks, but are those still a thing? On Switch 1 at least, you just had to change your account region in the settings in some browser, no questions asked. Though it wouldn’t be the first time Nintendo does console 1 without geoblocking, console 2 with geoblocking, and console 2’s backward compatibility without geoblocking (DS & 3DS being the first case).

“Then they came for me”

Mbin. Totally not biased. 🫣

On UI: dunno if it’s a me thing, but it would seem to me as that every site’s bad until you get used to it. Piefed for example I find kinda bloated but once I learned where to look, it became much easier to use.

On avoiding content: yeah, requires some patience people usually don’t have to block everyone and every place that lowers the quality of the user’s feed.

On slower feeds: maybe an autism thing, or maybe because in Mbin, I consume both threads and microblogs, but I feel the opposite, too much to see, enough that I am forced to curate.

On seeing posts again: a bit of a tangent, but both Lemmy and Piefed have post-hiding features. The option is “hidden” in the 3 dots menu of each post, which would imply people are forgetting these 3 dots mean “more options”? Perhaps in this line, having a “more” button like on Mbin would be better?

On porn: FediNSFW. 🕵‍♂

On being complicated: migrating and integrating usually is, but if you do, you need to bear with it.

Would make those comments there if I still had access to my account. Oh well.

Imo as someone who sees console modding as an act of self-defence as well as a fun hobby of tinkering (plus not being a fan of online multiplayer or DLCs), I’d say “hold it” and hope someone makes a payload for running games in older firmwares than the ones they demand.

…Or emulate PS5 on Linux on PS5 😬