Yesterday on WiiU.

I'm sure Nintendo wouldn't allow it but did you ever:

-Download pics to use as wallpaper on your PS3 or

-Screen capture pics from the web on your PS4?

-Did you ever download custom themes on your PS3?

-Did you ever get stuck on an Achievement and use Snap on your Xbox One?

-Have you ever used your consoles to watch free movies on www.m4ufree.info without fear of a virus? (I did, last night!)

-Ever download mp3 audio on a PS3?

-Ever post on VGChartz via console app?

No? Well, I did and I do. The WiiU's browser has been the most used browser in my home for years. A PC is ideal and I have a ton of other options but Nintendo's  home console browsers have always been the simplest and easy to use. I was really looking forward to using the Switch.

It's still a day one purchase and I still love Nintendo but this is disappointing. I won't downplay or make excuses just because they're my favorite gaming company. It's a feature that's important to me.

Well I never thought it was such an important feature, I barely used it once or twice. I guess I could have used it more if you could use it on a split screen.

I have used my WiiU and Wii browsers before. During the first year of WiiU I mainly used it for DLNA purposes when I didn't have a smartTV, and afterwards for social browsing like youtube, showing off photos, buying online, etc.

It is true that since I've put the HTPC I normally do the social browsing there now, but I do search for game info, youtube (official app sucks) and other media on the WiiU browser from time to time.

I think this is their way to prevent piracy. You can pirate any game on the WiiU so long as you have an SD card and a copy of Super Smash Brothers, or most games without SSB due to a browser exploit that Nintendo has not been able to successfully patch.

If you are unfamiliar with this just search for WiiU Home Brew.

If the Nintendo Switch initializes games in even a similar fashion to the WiiU piracy would be a primary concern. So, if the games initialize the same way then easiest way to eliminate piracy it is to remove the Browser. No browser = no browser exploit.

I think the only console I used the browser was the PSVita. I didn't have a smartphone in that time, so I used to access facebook, twitter and internet in it when I was away from PC. But that was 5 years ago.

Yes. But the dual screen mode is now gone. In home console mode, you have to access it just like XB1 and PS4. While handheld mode it acts like a normal tablet (Touch screen). 

A big "who cares"?

Web browsing on gaming consoles is awful.

To be fair, it would actually be decent on the Switch tablet.

I'm sure it will eventually come anyway. 

This has also been asked many times on neogaf. Without web browser, how is switch gon handle public wifi? Browser is kinda needed to login and access internet connection on public wifi.

It's not just public wifi though. If I was still on campus, I wouldn't have been able to play online on the Switch. On the PS3 I browsed to the web page and logged in there. Forget about playing in an airport or hotel as well.