“You could downgrade your Switch, but that risks a permanent ban from online play. Or you could find a newer version if someone repatched it, but honestly, most of those ‘YouTube NSPs’ were just experiments. The official YouTube app is free on the eShop anyway.”
“So I can’t use it at all?”
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“So the patched NSP is useless on a current Switch.”
The Update That Broke the Archive
“That NSP was patched out months ago. Nintendo released a system update that broke the specific hack the app relied on. The person who made it didn’t update the patches. So now, unless you stay on an old, unsafe firmware, it’s dead.”
Frustrated, Alex messaged Jordan.
“Exactly. Always check the firmware requirement and last patch date before downloading. Otherwise, you’re just wasting time on digital junk.”