Effective June 1st, 2026, SendInRepair.com will no longer accept listings for Nintendo Switch circumvention modifications — including PicoFly modchip installs, RP2040-based CFW setups, and related services.
Following in the footsteps of Ebay, Inc and Etsy, Inc, starting June 1st, Nintendo Switch circumvention mods will not be allowed on the platform.
What Circumvention Technology Actually Means
Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act defines circumvention technology as anything that bypasses a "technological protection measure" controlling access to a copyrighted work. Nintendo locks down which software can run on a Switch. PicoFly chips and RP2040 exploits, made primarily in China where there are limited legal remedies for Nintendo, exist to break that lock.
Selling the service to install one isn't a grey area. Trafficking in circumvention devices, which includes the labor to install them, is a apparently against the law.
If an open platform is what you wanted, the Steam Deck already does what a modded Switch does. Legally. Out of the box.
- SteamOS is Linux, with root access available as a standard user setting.
- Valve officially supports Windows installation and dual-boot as documented features. No circumvention involved.
- The hardware specs are public. iFixit rated the Steam Deck a 7/10 for repairability and has a formal partnership with Valve.
- Proton runs most of the Windows game library natively without a modchip.
- Emulation on Steam Deck is legal. There's no technological protection measure to bypass.
Nintendo makes good games. Valve built something you can own without legal risk.
Screen, joystick drift, battery, ports, all of it. Start a Nintendo Switch repair request and get quotes from our network within 24 hours.
The Bottom Line
We follow the law. Not out of deference to every line in it, but because you can't build something worth using while carrying federal liability exposure. Send any questions to us at contact@sendinrepair.com.
— Send-In Repair