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00:00Nintendo Switch 2 Update Breaks Cheap Docks
00:03Nintendo just rolled out a shiny new Switch 2 system update and somehow managed to accidentally
00:08or accidentally on purpose, depending on who you ask, nuke a bunch of third-party docks
00:14in the process.
00:15Update 21.0.0 was supposed to be a cheerful, quality-of-life patch.
00:20No more autoplay videos in the eShop, clearer icons about whether your game is digital or
00:25physical, all the nice little conveniences fans actually want.
00:28Instead, Switch 2 owners are reporting that their off-brand docks have gone from perfectly
00:34fine to very expensive paperweights.
00:38The issue first began bubbling up across Reddit, Discord, and social feeds before being amplified
00:43by Kotaku.
00:44Users say some docks simply stopped working entirely, while others now behave like grumpy
00:49old televisions, functional only after a few unplug-plug-restart rituals.
00:53YouTuber Austin JohnPlays tested two different third-party Switch, two dongle docks, and found
00:58both were utterly borked after the update, confirming the chaos.
01:02Naturally, everyone wants to know, did Nintendo do this on purpose?
01:06And, well, it wouldn't be the weirdest thing the company has done lately.
01:10Nintendo has been on a bit of an anti-consumer heater these past few months.
01:14Mario Kart World costs $80.
01:15A tutorial minigame collection goes for $10.
01:19Donkey Kong Bonanza charges $20 for DLC that fans swear could have been an email.
01:25In that context, pushing users toward the official $80 Switch 2 dock instead of the perfectly functional
01:31$30 alternatives doesn't feel entirely out of character.
01:34But it's also entirely possible Nintendo didn't intend any of this.
01:39Firmware updates break peripherals all the time.
01:42Sometimes for security reasons.
01:45Sometimes because someone wrote an overly aggressive USB-C handshake check.
01:50The cause of the third-party dock issue is still unclear, leaving Switch 2 users either
01:54waiting for a fix or paying for Nintendo's pricey accessories, an outcome that many see as
01:59a warning about the company's increasingly closed hardware ecosystem.
02:04Here we go.
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