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		javagram on April 29, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Indie Game Removed from Switch After Dev Reveals I... > I'd expect apps on such platforms to be totally sandboxed. This hasn’t been the case for any previous Nintendo console. Xbox does use HyperV to silo games from apps, but we’ve never heard anything about Nintendo doing something similar.

icebraining on April 29, 2019 [–]

According to the Wikipedia summary of this CCC video[1], the Switch OS (called "Horizon") sandboxes all userspace processes.

[1] https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-8941-console_security_-_switch

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