Misc CDN starts being locked down, apparently

[Ryccardo]

Top: Animal Crossing NL + Amiibo (J)
Bottom: Home Menu (J)

Many other pieces of commercial software are still freely available... for now

 

[wurstpistole]

What?

 

[Ryccardo]

What?

You didn't hear the rumors? That the new, 11.8+ method for downloading non-system titles (requiring a signed ticket as login) would probably be enforced sooner or later?

 

[CheatFreak47]

I can corroborate this, the server is returning a 403 (forbidden) error trying to download that title.
The end is nigh, my friends. I'm glad I prepared.

 

[Chary]

Panic begins to set in for the pirates that slacked on hoarding for this day.

 

[CheatFreak47]

Yeah, it's slowly but surely blocking more titles, even USA titles now.

Some stuff I've seen 403 errors on now:
- Fire Emblem Series Games
- Kirby Series Games
- Animal Crossing Games
- Super Mario Games

I give it 24 hours or so before the whole server is returning 403 for non-free titles.

 

[Deleted member 420418]

Oh well, i’ll just look online for the games.

 

[wurstpistole]

So essentially this is the end for Freeshop, and will probably soon also be for the Cdnsp Downloaders for the switch?

 

[nl255]

Oh well, i’ll just look online for the games.

Unfortunately several of them aren't online since nobody ever bothered to download a cia of them because "why bother, we will always have freeshop and it is much easier to just use freeshop".

 

[Ev1l0rd]

And that is the end of the line.

Been a nice ride while it lasted.

 

[Deleted member 420418]

Unfortunately several of them aren't online since nobody ever bothered to download a cia of them because "why bother, we will always have freeshop and it is much easier to just use freeshop".

Unfortunately I can just for ask for a cia for that game online somewhere.

 

[Mysticales]

So while this would stop freeshop. One could still download things manually and install a cia right?

 

[Ryccardo]

So while this would stop freeshop. One could still download things manually and install a cia right?

From non-Nintendo sources, of course

 

[wurstpistole]

So while this would stop freeshop. One could still download things manually and install a cia right?

Of course, why wouldn't that work. That's how it worked for ages before Freeshop was a thing.

 

[Ryccardo]

So essentially this is the end for Freeshop, and will probably soon also be for the Cdnsp Downloaders for the switch?

Unless someone organizes a ticket-sharing affair (and produces appropriate downloading software to use it)

 

[ihaveahax]

Unless someone organizes a ticket-sharing affair (and produces appropriate downloading software to use it)

I doubt this would last long, since Nintendo could just revoke the console-/nnid-unique tickets.

 

[Ryccardo]

Unfortunately several of them aren't online since nobody ever bothered to download a cia of them because "why bother, we will always have freeshop and it is much easier to just use freeshop".

Too bad for them; luckily some people, one of whom I know personally since I was born have downloaded large parts of the 3DS eShop while they still could

 

[RHOPKINS13]

Now someone just needs to put up a mirror of Nintendo's CDN...

 

[LightOffPro]

Now someone just needs to put up a mirror of Nintendo's CDN...

Yeah mate, because it's that simple. /s

 

[Ryccardo]

I doubt this would last long, since Nintendo could just revoke the console-/nnid-unique tickets.

They said the same about private headers and localfriendcodeseeds; as long as people aren't too greedy (ironic, given the audience of these websites) it would work (imagine splitting the demand using a large pool of signed tickets for the same title)