Technology

I've owned all of Nintendo's portable consoles (except for the 3DS), a Wii and I currently have a Switch. I have like a thousand euros worth of games on it, all bought through the store.

But I'm tired of this relentless fuckery, and when my daughter's old enough to use the Switch, I will hack my switch and pirate the games I haven't already bought.

Same with streaming, for years I paid for 3 or 4 services, but I'm tired of those fuckers nickel and diming me, and making me jump through hoops to play my paid for content on Linux, so I canceled everything and now run jellyseerr+Jellyfin which is a much better experience.

However I haven't pirated a single PC game in like 20 years, because Valve and Steam are awesome and the prices are fair. Same with Spotify, though Ek is a tool so I'm starting to look for (legal) alternatives.

What I'm getting at is, I don't mind paying for my entertainment, but when I start feeling like a cash cow for fucking assholes you better believe I will sail the high seas.

Yar Har Har 🏴‍☠️🗡️

In this case, Japanese IP laws, which are among the strictest in the developed world. That's what allows Nintendo to legally throw their weight around like they do. And given that Japan is the home of many of the world's most valuable IPs, not just in gaming but in many other fields, not to mention the fact that corporate control of the gov't and society is on a whole other level there compared to the West, don't expect those laws to change any time soon.