is it worthy to mod/unlock a nintendo switch?

i always thought about unlocking it and downloading some games that are way too expensive to me and putting some cool themes since we only have two official themes but i always think about the risks so what's your guys opinion?

>>5851 My opinion is: if you have one, it better be modded or in the process of being modded. If you don't have one that's also fine. If you want to get one, I wouldn't buy it new, as that would only further nyantendos revenue and only hardcore consumerists need their hardware new and shiny. Just buy a used one, typically works just fine. It's really not so hard, there are a lot of tutorials made for what amounts to kids who have no clue, which is really cool in my opinion, you get to be a hacker without being a hacker. It basically amounts to following specific steps precisely, which requires focus and concentration. It's not so hard, interesting and educational if you think independently about what you're doing while in the process of doing it and a good opportunity to prove to yourself that you can do something after all. If you manage to brick your console, maybe accept that you are either not careful, easily distracted, impatient or simply very unlucky. But that's not the end of the world either. It's not like you need a console to survive or anything and bricking it will have freed your time to do other things. You might even be able to extract some value out of it by selling it to some unlucky trusting person who will buy your now bricked console. Keep in mind I've never modded a switch, but countless of their earlier consoles and last time I checked the process wasn't any different. Maybe to drive the point home about not wanting to support nintendumb: they together with microsheckel and soni actively lobby to keep your right to repair illegal. Here is some footage from a hearing by louis rossman (in a playlist with many other testimonies by lobbyists on the broader matter) https://inv.riverside.rocks/watch?v=gxACAvHMSLU&list=PLkVbIsAWN2lsmovRO20_gtfUfgWi-XnnT&index=18 One more point, if you don't mod it now, you might be unable to in the future, as nintendo actively tries to do everything in their power to prevent you from doing so! Good luck brother.

Unlocking a Switch is illegal and violates Nintendo's terms of service. Same goes for unlocking a phone.

>>5854 Not having that sweet vaccine juice in your system is illegal too in this country. So what should people who would prefer not to have it do? Submit and obey? Perhaps we should make living illegal so all the robots kill themselves. Not trying to be conspicuous here, but legality has never been a good indicator of whether something should be done. But I guess it's a good point to remind people that there could be legal trouble. Out of genuine curiosity, is there realistically any chance that normal people who use ready-made jailbreak tutorials will somehow be sued by Nintendo?

I've been meaning to put homebrew on mine, but in it's current state is a huge pain in the ass and imo worth waiting until a better exploit is found. >The primary exploit is fusee-gelee (sometimes also referred to as ShofEL2 or CVE-2018-6242, these are all the same exploit) which takes advantage of an oversight in the Nintendo Switch built-in recovery mode (referred to as RCM). fusee-gelee is a tethered, non-persistent exploit, meaning you require a secondary device (such as a PC or Android phone) to enable CFW on every reboot. If you're down for plugging in your switch to a secondary device to access homebrew every time, or use a browser exploit that is a similar process, go for it. To me this isn't worth the effort, but I'm someone who would use a switch to play retro games and would be better off just using an emulator or a hacked 3DS. I would recommend trying a 3DS first if you have one. >>5853 if you don't mod it now, you might be unable to in the future, as nintendo actively tries to do everything in their power to prevent you from doing so! No and yes. Nintendo does everything it can to keep people from modding. Going back to the 3DS, it used to be just as difficult to mod do to the issue that if you had updated past a specific version you probably weren't going to be able to do it. In a few years an exploit around this was found and the overall process of modding a 3DS was vastly improved. Perhaps when Nintendo releases another console it's efforts will be on blocking hacks to that device and the Switch will be on the backburner, leaving wiggle room for better exploits.

>>5854 >violates Nintendo's terms of service >illegal That is not the same thing.

>>5853 I don't get the buy used vs buy new argument. By the time you go to a store to get something, Nintendo already got their profit whether you buy it or not, the store already payed for the goods. Juat adding a layer to it means nothing on the grand scale. With a console that has sticks prone to drift and small batteries on controllers that age, buying used just adds a risk of losing time and money on repairs sooner than expected. Buying used don't make you less than a consumer, it's just mental masturbation to make you feel better.

>>5868 Not him, but you going to the store and buying new of that product increases demand, aka the need to manufacture more units, for the store to buy, for the consumer to buy, etc. When supply can't meet demand, e.g. due to chip shortages you get PS5's for exorbitant prices >buying used just adds a risk of losing time and money on repairs Thought this board was supposed to be cyberpunk enough to not see this as such a hassle >Buying used don't make you less than a consumer, it's just mental masturbation to make you feel better. lmao cope

>>5854 I personally don't see that as a problem, its like pirating a game from a famous studio, its not gonna change anything to them because they already have so much money. Besides, paying $59.99 (R$300 in brazil, which is a lot of money) for Zelda: Breath of The Wild is ridiculous, even tho its a great game, it was released in 2017 and is being sold as something that was released this year. So even if it's illegal, i don't really see it as a bad thing :)

>>5854 the only country I am aware of where modding hardware is illegal is teh USA. In EU such retarded laws do not exist and every EULA which have such paragraphs are not having aby legal binding effects as it is not possible to ban someone from hardware modification according to EU law.

Yes, absolutely it is worth unlocking, especially if you don't care about playing nintendo games online. I have an old Switch that has exploitable hardware, so I bought a jig and modded it. It's been fun to get every game I ever wanted to try on it with Awoo Installer, as well as to run space cadet pinball, retroarch, etc. on it. Haven't had this much fun with a nintendo handheld since I had an acecard II for the original phat DS

well, apparently it is indeed worth hacking a Nintendo switch and i was planning to hack mine! but unfortunately to me, i cant since my switch is from the XKW series so that's a shame D: