Third-Party Docks Are Bricking Nintendo Switch Consoles since update

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bonzobanana said:

Cobretti2 said:

Well if you read Shiken's response on the non standard usb-c requirements Nintendo used to safely charge and not damage the console, perhaps they added some checks to ensure the dock stays in those limits. So any dock outside spec will not work and dock within spec will as indicated not all 3rd party docks have stopped working. To me that is reasonable approach to take to protect the Switch.

Is that the facts of the situation or are some third party docks not currently recognised as third party currently and may get caught as Nintendo fine tune their dock checking routines in a future firmware? I have a long history with using Nintendo products dating back to the NES and they are quite aggressive to third parties even those that assist them commercially. Sony with their SNES CDROM add-on, developers of the SFX chip and numerous other companies. They have a very aggressive approach when it comes to their commercial interests. There is huge money in selling their own docks. There is absolutely nothing of value in the dock, a simple circuit board, some plastic and a PSU. Only a few dollars to make surely.

It's been happening long before any firmware check the reddit thread these are problems that have been around for third party docks since launch.