exploiting=taking advantage of. Companies use early adopters to leverage sales and establish an adoption rate that sets the tone for the life-cycle of their console. You could say they "exploit" people, but it's probably more accurate to say "leverage". exploit tends to have a lot of baggage when used, especially in colloquial conversations on a public forum where proper grammar isn't exactly the driving force. Doesn't have that much to do with what works for me as an individual, though. Gotta be able to separate the goals of the company and the goal of the individual.
Firmware 11.3 of the 3ds is so stable, especially compared to firmware 1.0, this is true. But you also pay a price for waiting for that stability. Imagine how much cheaper and developed it is for those individuals just now getting into the 3ds scene. I say that, but I usually wait a few years for games to release the "all dlc+patches for 1/4 the price" versions of games. Nintendo games don't really do that though, so I have no qualms about buying them new when they're released. Better price to not-waiting ratio.
I also tend to wait for hacks to be fully tested and reliable before I use them. I'm in no rush for the switch to be hacked. It probably won't interest me for a few years at the earliest.
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