that’s always been nintendo’s MO though. with the exception of the N64 and GameCube, their consoles have all been very modest spec-wise. but the games they put out are made specifically for that hardware, so it’s usually fine.
and actually, the switch is underclocked in its stock configuration. if you have adequate cooling for it you can basically double its clock speed with a softmod, which at least for totk removed basically all stuttering for me!
if donations aren’t enough, scale down until they are. if that’s not an option, then we let those instances die and set up new ones.
this is a network for people. if someone is not enthusiastic about running an instance, they don’t have to.