That alone should be reason enough to not buy it. I bet it’s not even trivial to verify if that’s the case which gives even more reason to not go ahead with the purchase.

Make sure to remember to update your comments too, otherwise it causes even more confusion when something works differently than it says it does.

Oh I’m used to it, I know I have some controversial opinions.

Hot take incoming: New 3DS XL is the best handheld Nintendo has ever made. Not only can it play every generation of Nintendo games prior, it’s the latest clamshell they made, and it even has super cool exclusives for it like the awesome GTA 3 and GTA VC (admittedly the VC one is a bit rough) ports.

most people are stuck with the couple choices they have in town and when tech comes in and forces the enshitificstion of services in order to pump stock price you’re stuck just eating this shit forever.

Is that the fault of the technology, though, or is that the fault of the companies?

Companies can have stupid, arbitrary rules and requirements and policies and do stupid or harmful actions regardless of technology or not.

I don’t think it’s fair to blame tech for company policies.

if I went to a restaurant and was told that I had to install and use their app to order their food, I would fucking leave. If it was the only restaurant left in town then I’d have much less choice in the matter. The insidious nature of technology is that it changes “can” with “must”.

That’s not really the fault of technology though, that’s the fault of how companies are implementing technology through their policies and procedures.

Companies can have stupid, arbitrary rules and requirements and policies and do stupid or harmful actions regardless of technology or not.

I don’t think it’s fair to blame tech for company policies.

“Put that Furby away! We have to go play Neopets.”