Reddit is going crazy about the Switch 2 using "encryption", to lock out third party docks, but as far as I can tell that's misinformation.
Nothing in the logs looks like encryption, it's just a proprietary protocol. Manufacturers clone those all the time!
Not following standards is not nice, but saying this dooms third party docks or has any DMCA implications is nonsense. In fact the article already points out one compatible third party dock.
The original switch also "locked out" standard adapters, just in a simpler way only checking the device ID.
Nintendo has used actual encryption to lock out third party peripherals before (Wii Remote control extensions). If they cared enough they'd have done that again.
