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Linus Tech Tips (LTT): Nintendo's Greed could Change the Tech Industry

TL;DR: Linus dives into Nintendo’s latest power move—turning the Switch 2’s USB-C dock into a locked-down, proprietary fortress. By sniffing the USB-PD handshake, he reveals why no third-party cables or docks work and how this “greedy” tactic forces you into buying expensive official hardware.

Beyond the tech deep-dive, he warns this anti-consumer trend (no local save backups, sky-high dock prices) could stifle innovation and limit choice industry-wide—kind of like going back to square one after universal chargers finally won.

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