The site should now be just called “Formerly Twitter”
Nintendo Switch Is Removing Integration for X, Formerly Twitter
Submitted 6 months ago by ZeroCool@vger.social to technology@lemmy.world
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/nintendo-switch-twitter-x-support-removed/
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xavier666@lemm.ee 6 months ago
PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 6 months ago
give it the Prince treatment
The social media network formerly known as Twitter
dumbass@leminal.space 6 months ago
Don’t you be disrespecting Prince like that!
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Even okay with X-Twitter
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Roman Numeral 10
Jank@literature.cafe 6 months ago
I don’t think anything could possibly chide him more than simply forgetting and continuing to call it Twitter.
Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Rare based move from Nintendo.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 6 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.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 months ago
Is that because it costs money now?
I lose track of all the Elon madness.
assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The API is apparently obscenely expensive to use
bob_omb_battlefield@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
How much could a tweet cost? $10?
splonglo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
nice job elon
airportline@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Masterful gambit sir
kamenlady@lemmy.world 6 months ago
OP’s username does not check out, these are actually Cool news
tal@lemmy.today 6 months ago
I believe that Zero Cool is a character in the movie Hackers, though I haven’t seen it.
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Yup.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film)
Cast edit
- Jonny Lee Miller as Dade Murphy / “Zero Cool” / “Crash Override”
RozhkiNozhki@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That was my first thought and the second one was “dang I’m old”.
just_another_person@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Sounds like you need to watch one of the best technology documentaries of all time.
mbirth@lemmy.mbirth.uk 6 months ago
Maybe they delete enough code to be able to give us a third “theme”.
DrDominate@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No can do. All the removed code is replaced with stability
PlexSheep@infosec.pub 6 months ago
I don’t want stability. I want gaping holes where I can put more homebrew.
lud@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Can’t they at least update the localisation files too?
Tattorack@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s been nearly a year and we’re still calling it “X, formerly Twitter”. XD
Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Speak for yourself lol, I don’t know any morons calling it anything BUT Twitter
NutWrench@lemmy.world 6 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 6 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.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 6 months ago
“The artist formerly known as Twitter”
Daft_ish@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Cool.
NickwithaC@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Was anyone tweeting from the switch in the first place?
Vaggumon@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Good.
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 6 months ago
lvxferre@mander.xyz 6 months ago
This would be great if Nintendo was genuinely concerned about encouraging the usage of a hostile platform. Sadly odds are that it cares about its brand way more than “those things” playing their games.
OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
More like “Joanne got a promotion for integrating X!”, followed by “Mike got a promotion by saving the company 2M/year!”
lvxferre@mander.xyz 6 months ago
I think that it’s more like “Mike got a promotion *for saving our brand from unnecessary damage”. The whole thing stinks “muh brand” from a distance for me.
elleybirdy@midwest.social 6 months ago
[deleted]cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
What? What type of integration? I just wanna watch Plex and Netflix on there.
Gestrid@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Posting photos and videos from the Switch directly onto Twitter.
MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 6 months ago
If you are absolutely locked in to someone else’s service, then there really isn’t anything you can do if they do something object able, better to rip off the Band-Aid now than later.
X Formerly Known As Twitter isn’t functionally irreplaceable, and I do hope the higher up at Nintendo will realize the only way that the only way to make sure they have full control of their publishing platform is by owning it and start a Misskey instance or something.
Tregetour@lemdro.id 6 months ago
I don’t understand the mindset in this thread. Functionality is neutral. Withdrawal of it is not a good thing - people should be able to comprehend that even if their vision is partially blocked by their hate boner for X/Musk.
rsuri@lemmy.world 6 months ago
If you assume:
- X is a bad thing (either because it promotes bad ideas, or because it crowds out better platforms, or some other reason)
- The more users and functionality X has, the more powerful it will be.
Then removing functionality from X is a good thing.
OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Is it neutral? Nintendo integrating with X both advertises X and Nintendo
cedarmesa@lemmy.world 6 months ago
*strokes hate boner while blocking tregetour. Mmmm, yea, you like it like that dontcha.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Everything has a cost. I would have cheered them removing twitter from a game console before it was ruined. Nobody really needs that.
mhague@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Put it this way: If you took a thread talking about some tech from a joke community, and a thread about the same topic from a generic technology community, you won’t be able to tell them apart. People will bring the same energy and mindset to both. Jokes and “lol get rekt company I hate” will be pushed to the top, because they totally contribute to the discussion, while basic observations like “removing functionality is bad” will be pushed down. 👍
Tregetour@lemdro.id 6 months ago
I’m aware of that, but it’s worth highlighting the double standard anyway.
nickhammes@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I see what you’re saying. As an isolated event it’s pretty meh. Maybe it sucks for the two people who used it.
In a sense, Musk was betting that Twitter’s API was undermonitized, and by raising the price, he’d make more money than he’d lose in people leaving the platform. He bet Twitter’s relevance against some money. Yeah, not a lot of people used it on Switch, but every rejection of his bet, that Twitter isn’t worth the price, hurts Musk’s bottom line. And it’s kinda on him; Nintendo isn’t defying him, he was just wrong.
blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Brand integration definitely is not neutral. Functionality to make it smooth and easy interact with nazi-central lends Nintendo’s credibility to that platform. It’s not a neutral feature.
Tregetour@lemdro.id 6 months ago
Remember that the next time a service you like removes a function you use due to maintainer bias or pressure from a particular audience.
boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 6 months ago
umbraroze@lemmy.world 6 months ago
[deleted]Chronographs@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Facebook launched only one year before the Xbox 360 did it wasn’t the boomer network back then.
Kachilde@lemmy.world 6 months ago
And nothing of value was lost
MagnyusG@lemmy.world 6 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 6 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.
Gestrid@lemmy.ca 6 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.
Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 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.
DreitonLullaby@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
I used the Facebook posting feature back in 2018 before I had an SD card because I was running out of space. I regret it now though because it severely compressed the video & audio and entirely wiped the date/time metadata. Even though I don’t recommend it, I feel that Facebook would be a better option than Twitter, because you can private posts.