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potato_hamster on 13 February 2017
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Pyro as Bill said:
potato_hamster said:

On what grounds do you believe the conversion of this USB-C to HDMI signal is any bit more complicated for Nintendo unless they intentionally obfuscated the video output to make it proprietary and force its userbase to buy their overpriced docks. They're doing a similar thing to what apple does with it's "Apple certified" USB cables that arbitrarily lock out any cable where the company hasn't paid Apple a licensing fee.

It's anti-consumer, nickel and diming bullshit, and if anything makes Nintendo appear worse, not better. Yet, somehow this makes it justified in your eyes?

No, it's pro-consumer. If you think the dock is worth $90, buy. If you think it isn't, sell. Simple.

If at some point you decided to sell your dock, would you rather they cost $20 or $90 new?

Cheap 3rd party knockoffs are unreliable anyway and there's no way they'd have Nintendo's build quality/testing. It would only spoil your experience in the long run.

It's pro-consumer to lock out every dock but your own? Okay buddy. There;'s no reason why they can't do what Sony and Microsoft do and certify third party accessories, which results in cheaper accessories even if they're not made by Sony.  Even Apple does the same thing with cables, adapters and cases. Who said anything about "cheap 3rd party knockoffs" if they had the "Nintendo seal of quality" on them?

For example, that $26 Sony Dock? There's an Sony-certified Amazonbasics version for $15. Hori and PDP also make a variety of Sony-certified and Microsoft-certified accessories. In fact, I have a pdp Sony-certifed PS4 media remote, and it's just as well made, if not better made than the official Sony PS3 media remote I have. So why can't Nintendo offer that compromise and allow more affordable options to be made if they don't want to make them.