Well, someone just did.
I point out this use case to make the point that, while opening a platform is painted by some as a purely negative force (and perhaps a purely positive one by others), it is neither. Yes, no one disputes that custom firmware allows people the freedom to use their hardware in ways not intended by the manufacturer, as is their legal right, and this can lead to some people using it for illegal activity. But, just as there are malicious uses, there are perfectly benign ones as well. I haven't spent years building up a backup library of games I own and have ripped myself to be denied use of these on a new piece of hardware that is perfectly capable of running it simply because Nintendo doesn't want to provide consumers with the mechanism to do so.
I think some of the ideological gap here comes from the way I view consoles, which is essentially as PCs (or, in this case, something very akin to an Android tablet). Yes, having these things being open platforms offers some disadvantages, but you don't see arguments for people who play on Steam to lock people down into SteamOS because a closed platform would allow piracy. It's accepted that allowing people the ability to operate in a more free and open environment is generally a good thing on PC, even if it means some people will pirate games, although games still end up selling very well on this platform. By the way, as other users have pointed out, there are things Nintendo can do to mitigate piracy and online cheating, even with modified consoles, that they aren't doing. The two things don't have to be mutually exclusive.
It's only selfish in so much as allowing consumers to exercise their protected legal right to modify the hardware they own can be considered selfish, and defending a corporation's desire to prevent people from exercising that right can be seen as selfless. Once again, there are things that can be described as harm it brings to the Switch ecosystem, and there are things that can be described as gains it provides to the Switch ecosystem, like the use cases I've highlighted in this thread. Also, I still play Mario Kart and Splatoon on Wii U and you're really exaggerating how prevalent cheating is in those games. I've run across a few cheaters in many hours of gameplay, and it absolutely does not ruin the entire online experience.
Absolute errant, shameful nonsense. This is nothing more than a dishonest smear. My ability to make and playback legal backups is completely protected under the law. It has nothing to do with piracy and no relation to piracy. And that has been affirmed time and time again by the courts. Claiming that using backups is a form of piracy is a total fabrication. That's like saying I can't rip vinyl records I own to digital audio files, convert my VHS tapes to DVD, or rip my CDs to my MP3 player without being smeared as a pirate. You should correct this falsehood.
