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Screwing customers with sabotaged crap is standard Nintendo behavior. See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30773214

But I wonder if they have run afoul of the EU Radio Equipment Directive in this case, by refusing to receive power from some devices.

This looks like something that EU might question or treat as anti competitive perhaps.

Is this behavior also present in the EU? Was the legality of this in the EU discussed already?

> But Nintendo has intentionally broken the Switch 2’s compatibility with those devices, using a new encryption scheme and some form of dedicated encryption chip, two accessory manufacturers tell The Verge.

It's pretty unclear from the article if this is about charging or video. DRM for video might be OK if properly labelled in the shop, but not charging.

I really hope the USB-IF punishes this behavior, and the EU too. Don't use the USB-C connector if you don't have honorable intentions regarding interoperability.

i just dont understand how nintendo can get away with so many anti-customer shenanigans. They are even somehow worse than Apple.

Who is Nintendo's biggest buyer? I don't know if it is parents buying Switch 2 for kids to use, or adults for themselves. Weird choices from Nintendo on the Switch 2 given the needs of the two markets.