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I would like to fix this, although Switch traffic really does look like a botnet. (Same user agent, no cursor events, same screen sizes, all different IPs).
Of course though there's still ways that Cloudflare should and could get around this.
Another petition is a good idea. Also, if there are sites that have this issue, please contact the owners of them, so they are aware of the problem.
If you open the full reply mode (upper right), then you can drag an image from your photos gallery into it.
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The most compelling argument I could make for the browser needing to be made more accessible is the DNS's usage numbers (and by extension, those petition signature counts). The Switch, while not a general computing device, clearly has access to several web technologies and web services (like Youtube or Hulu), and a large enough number of end-users clearly want to be able to do more with it.
This could make it similar to the "alternative App Stores" argument, such as the new EU legislation that made Apple allow third party app sources: https://support.apple.com/en-us/118110 Although I also need to point out that alternative app stores do exist on the Switch, via homebrew. I think the relevant piece though, is that by preventing web apps and non-eShop web services, users are required to go through the eShop, which Nintendo has a direct financial incentive to funnel users through.
I would imagine Nintendo's argument would be that don't have any obligation to provide the additional development work (or fund it) to make the browser easier to use, and to keep it more up to date with latest web technologies, etc. And even if there's a sizable interested user base, maybe they have data from their past consoles that demonstrate the usage and interest doesn't translate enough into sales. If a third-party service wants to target Switch users, they can do so through the eShop, which is better for platform security reasons too. And since the Switch is a dedicated gaming device, there's no obligation to expose any of its internals any further than necessary.
For a specific example, AO3 is one of the popular websites accessed via the Switch browser. But they could likely provide a better user experience by making a dedicated Switch app and releasing it via the eShop. Technically, even a company like Mozilla could try and get a lightweight browser on the official Switch eShop as well, and although they might reject that kind of app, I don't think it's been attempted yet.
The time limit seems like it'd be a gray area though– like the fact that they haven't gone even further out of their way to limit it more, or even explicitly block certain DNS addresses from being entered, that could demonstrate that they aren't taking active steps to completely disable usage of the browser. For example, even if the letter of the law required them to allow accessing the browser, technically they are complying with that.
Since this post, we’ve released CaptiveDNS which should be a bit easier for GUI hosting: https://browsedns.net/topic/2072/release-captivedns-access-the-browser-on-the-switch-locally-self-host-instructions
I’ll update the original post soon to go over this method as well
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Smash ultimate is great, but for me it’s gotta be Breath of the Wild. Honorable mention: Hollow Knight
That’s really interesting! I’m surprised there’s an eshop app that’s able to access youtube.com domains. Or that there’s a timeout too.
Yep, unfortunately drafts won’t work on Switch because each new session wipes cookies. It’s on the list of future updates.
For the VNC client, https://novnc.com/ might work well on the Switch browser, it's come up before in some other topics.
But yeah, something like google cloud console sounds right, this guide makes it seem not-so-bad: https://medium.com/@piyushraj246800/your-guide-to-vnc-server-on-gcp-ed8255c81b43
That's neat, but it requires the entire browsing session to be held on their servers, which is likely why they require you to pay for it.
There is this tool, which is similar and open source: https://github.com/ttalvitie/browservice Which can used from a computer on the network.
If we were to host it on behalf of users, it would probably need to be tied to BDNS accounts, and I'm not sure how well it would scale (or work in the first place).
But for purely using discord, you could try Discross: https://browsedns.net/topic/6438/discross-discord-on-switch-kinda
To repeat: This post is only about the visual countdown timer. The actual 20 minute limit that closes the browser is built into the Switch OS.
We have over 27,000 signatures on the petition to Nintendo to change this. It seems unlikely that they will, but this is our only real course of action.
Petition link:
https://www.change.org/p/nintendo-nintendo-expose-the-fully-functional-internet-browser-built-into-the-switch