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arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkGitLab confirms it’s removed Suyu, a fork of Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzuwww.theverge.comBrikoXM to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareTurboWafflzlinkEnglish5•1 year agoNintendo does realize this whole thing is only going to discourage legitimate users not pirates, right?
minus-squareToes♀linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoI wouldn’t be surprised if we see in the near future emulators that shamelessly borrow protected code now.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoIt’s not going to discourage enough legitimate users to matter. Plus, this has been Nintendo’s MO for a long time now.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 year agoHow do you figure? I haven’t seen any surveys, but I would guess the people playing games they’ve dumped themselves are far outweighed by pirates.
minus-squareTurboWafflzlinkEnglish1•1 year agoYes, but those few are far more likely to stop because of this than pirates. It would be far harder to make pirates stop developing and using emulators than legitimate users because they aren’t worried about legal problems
Nintendo does realize this whole thing is only going to discourage legitimate users not pirates, right?
I wouldn’t be surprised if we see in the near future emulators that shamelessly borrow protected code now.
It’s not going to discourage enough legitimate users to matter. Plus, this has been Nintendo’s MO for a long time now.
How do you figure? I haven’t seen any surveys, but I would guess the people playing games they’ve dumped themselves are far outweighed by pirates.
Yes, but those few are far more likely to stop because of this than pirates. It would be far harder to make pirates stop developing and using emulators than legitimate users because they aren’t worried about legal problems