[idle_zealot]

I would assume they sat on this until Nintendo shut down service to ensure they wouldn't push a fix.

[rawling]

Indeed, from their blog post

> We've been holding on to this exploit for this day for quite some time, in case Nintendo decided to issue patches for it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39978886

[Sakos]

Before anybody asks why Nintendo would patch exploits for such an old system, they've been regularly patching exploits for the 3DS up until May 2023.

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/...

I'm somewhat skeptical that Nintendo won't end up fixing this one too. The eShop is still running so users can continue to download their purchased games: https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/...

> For the foreseeable future, it is still possible to download update data and redownload purchased software and downloadable content from Nintendo eShop.

[braiamp]

Yeah, this community prefers that these kinds of exploits (that require physical possession of the device to recover power over it) aren't patched. I don't see anything morally wrong with it. If security comes to the cost of the user losing control over the device, it is not security, it's abusive DRM.