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Nintendo Penalizing Homebrew Users?

An anonymous reader writes "Bricked your Wii? Not only will Nintendo charge you for the repair, they will now add an additional fee if they detect any homebrew software. 'Should Nintendo have to pay to repair hacked Wiis under warranty? Maybe not, but they have no (moral) right to gouge customers out of spite for having the HBC installed. This actually poses a technical dilemma for us with BootMii. As currently designed, BootMii looks for an SD card when you boot your Wii, and if it finds the card and the right file, it will execute that file. Otherwise, there's no way to tell it's installed.'"

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  1. Sorry, no deal by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 0, Troll

    Windows 7 upgrade, $50, $200 if you have firefox installed? ..

    Sorry, no deal. Won't even install it if you pay me $400 because I run firefox under linux. There ain't enough money in the WORLD!

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