SkoomaDealer its a pretty dark pattern but I was aware of this one already. I think the terms of service on playstation and Xbox also enables this but Nintendo is the only company actively bricking their product in the wild
I'm not too worried about my kids getting their future consoles bricked cuz I just won't buy a MIG, but what's stopping Nintendo from bricking consoles for saying mean words on Nintendos new chat system? What if the mics are always hot and they hear wrongthink? It's conspiracy territory but why tolerate giving them that power in the first place?
Steam Deck would never