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After the Switch emulator takedowns - yuzu and ruins - I decided to permanently boycott Nintendo.

Long may they live and keep making money - I wish them well, but no money will come from me.

A boycott is not a strong way to send signal but it's better than nothing!

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I vowed never give Nintendo a penny again when they began DMCA'ing gameplay footage for games they don't even republish. They are complete bastards who don't need anyone's sympathy. Nintendo would love it if the culture they contributed to got erased from existence so our only choice is to buy their gimmicky tech demo style games.

All empirical evidence shows that boycotts don't work unless they're extremely big. Say, if you could get two thirds of the Nintendo fanbase to not buy a Switch 2, that would probably work. If it's only you, then you're just hurting yourself. If nothing else, you're cutting yourself off from the possibility to get a Switch 2 and hack it.

I'm of the same opinion. I also have my pet boycott, which is Microsoft, but I don't delude myself into thinking that it's anything but my little expression of feeling betrayed by them. No signal is being sent here, these entities are larger than us than I am for the ants in my garden. Realistically, it's a waste of attention to care, unless someone specifically wants to do so. Instead, I found that the more varied things I partake in, the better quality of life I have.

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