I would argue even hacking anything up to 7.0 is debatable since the vulnerability mentioned on the wiki page says it's probably not exploitable.
I wonder how many traps are even there in the firmware for exploiters? Like it's obvious that this was set up to lock exploiters out, but the firmware seems so much riddled with DRM like this that I'm surprised the switch even works. Denuvo DRM slows the games it secured to a crawl.
Essentially from what I remember SciresM said that they have everything except for a key, which even a community effort brute force wouldn't work at all for. It would just be too slow.
It could THEORETICALLY be possible with access to quantum computers or some high-powered stuff we might get in the future.
The issue is that the actual security outside of kernel is kind of easy to get into. However anything that is actually significant, like a kernel exploit is impossible because the kernel is small enough and it doesn't have enough entry points to be hackable. The kernel is small enough that they essentially made it bugless.
Quantum computing is a long ways off, and even then outside of very specific applications they are slower than regular computing. I don't doubt if enough time passes it could be done, but by then we would be having the lack of interest issues. We would essentially need a ton of GPUs (not ideal at all) or wait a decent amount of time.
I don't condone piracy and I do not suggest anyone download stolen source code from the internet, however the boot rom source code for the Switch has been leaked online so hypothetically you could go see how it works for yourself. That would be illegal of course so don't do it. But you could. But don't.
That's weird. I could have sworn that AtlasNX used to have an exploit host for firmware 7.0.0. I know for sure that they had one for firmware 6.2.0.
Has the HWFly been patched? This is the first I'm hearing of it. It's not surprising, it's a 1 line fix in the bootrom, but it took them 3 years to do it so I was expecting it to last until Switch EOL.
I don't remember seeing anything beyond userland code execution up to 7.0.0.
No one has said this. Everyone has told you that it isn't going to happen in a reasonable timeframe. You would be far better off to sell your Switch rather than getting worked up over not being able to run homebrew on a patched Switch without a modchip. Alternately you could just get an unpatched Switch, or modchip installed as this would also alleviate your anger and allow you to enjoy life.
My parents wouldn't understand why am I selling my perfectly fine Switch for another, used, older Switch for twice the price of a new one. And "because it has a better serial number" isn't an excuse...
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