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Nintendo Switch Is Removing Integration for X, Formerly Twitter (comicbook.com)

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[-] Kachilde@lemmy.world 294 points 7 months ago

And nothing of value was lost

[-] MagnyusG@lemmy.world 54 points 7 months ago

I remember it being convenient for getting screenshots off it to pc quickly, but I don't know if there's a better method of doing so. I rarely, if ever, use the share function to begin with.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 36 points 7 months ago

This is something that Nintendo should have had a better fix for years ago. With my PS5, I can access my screenshots and video clips from the app and save them directly to my device. I can't believe that Nintendo hasn't managed to do something as simple as this, they're just so unwilling to make a modern product.

[-] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 40 points 7 months ago

Nintendo has always treated online as an afterthought.

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 27 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

except when selling 30 year old game higher that it was and you can only play it online

[-] Deello@lemm.ee 17 points 7 months ago

And it is attached to a subscription service that rotates games on a whim.

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[-] flames5123@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Yea, last time I tired, you have to connect to its personal wifi hotspot and download them via the app. It’s so backwards!

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[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 23 points 7 months ago

You can directly connect to the Switch over a wifi network it creates. You can select up to 10 photos to share at a time. It'll create a one-time-use wifi network (the connection details are different every time) and generate a QR code so you can connect to it. After your phone is connected, it'll generate another QR code that'll direct you to a webpage (a local IP address, specifically) where you can browse and download the photos from.

Make sure to turn off data on your phone while you're trying to do this. Some phones use data as a fallback if the wifi network they're connected to isn't connected to the internet.

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[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 7 months ago

If you have a hacked Switch you can use mtp-server or ftpd. I like the MTP approach, it works just like DeckyMTP on the Steam Deck.

[-] xthexder@l.sw0.com 8 points 7 months ago

Classic Nintendo, making simple things like copying screenshots so complicated hacking your switch is a reasonable thing to do....

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[-] xavier666@lemm.ee 119 points 7 months ago

The site should now be just called "Formerly Twitter"

[-] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 30 points 7 months ago

give it the Prince treatment

The social media network formerly known as Twitter

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[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Even okay with X-Twitter

(It is ex-Twitter)

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[-] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 7 months ago

Rare based move from Nintendo.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 34 points 7 months ago

No point in expending resources to support a dying social media platform people barely had reason to use from a game console when it was popular.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 56 points 7 months ago

Is that because it costs money now?

I lose track of all the Elon madness.

[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

The API is apparently obscenely expensive to use

[-] bob_omb_battlefield@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago

How much could a tweet cost? $10?

[-] splonglo@lemmy.world 45 points 7 months ago

nice job elon

[-] airportline@lemmy.ml 15 points 7 months ago

Masterful gambit sir

[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 40 points 7 months ago

OP's username does not check out, these are actually Cool news

[-] tal@lemmy.today 30 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I believe that Zero Cool is a character in the movie Hackers, though I haven't seen it.

googles

Yup.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film)

Cast

Jonny Lee Miller as Dade Murphy / "Zero Cool" / "Crash Override"

Apparently it's the main character.

[-] RozhkiNozhki@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

That was my first thought and the second one was "dang I'm old".

[-] smokin_shinobi@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

That movie will be 30 next year. I’m old with you buddy.

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 7 months ago

coughs up dust

[-] clif@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

I'll join this.

I commented on a motorcycle thread a few days ago where the poster said "bike from 1982, over forty years old" (or something to that effect) where I had to do the math and realize... Shit... That was forty years ago.

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[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

Sounds like you need to watch one of the best technology documentaries of all time.

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[-] mbirth@lemmy.mbirth.uk 30 points 7 months ago

Maybe they delete enough code to be able to give us a third “theme”.

[-] DrDominate@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

No can do. All the removed code is replaced with stability

[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 10 points 7 months ago

I don't want stability. I want gaping holes where I can put more homebrew.

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[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago

Cool.

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago

It's been nearly a year and we're still calling it "X, formerly Twitter". XD

[-] Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

Speak for yourself lol, I don't know any morons calling it anything BUT Twitter

[-] NutWrench@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Musk probably thought calling it "X" made it sound edgy and cool. I bet it really annoys him every time it's called "the social media platform formerly known as Twitter."

[-] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

Apparently he has been obsessed with the letter since before the PayPal days. He owned X.com before joining PayPal. It was even named X for a little bit. Before it went public the name was changed to PayPal. Because of course X is a terrible name for brand recognition and marketing. I think part of this just fuck you to all the guys who started PayPal

Oh and remember the only real thing Musk brought to PayPal. Was his daddy's money.

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[-] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago

Was anyone tweeting from the switch in the first place?

[-] Vaggumon@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago

Good.

[-] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

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