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      5 months ago

      Internet people: NINTENDO IS DESTROYING ALL EMULATORS raaaaaaaa

      Reality: Nintendo sued exactly one emulator that was literally charging people to play pirated games

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        5 months ago

        This is incorrect they actually issued dmca take down notices to about 20 emulator forks, Gary’s mod content, a couple home brew projects and an out of court settlement with Yuzu. This is just recently.

        Nintendo has a history of being hostile to the emulation, homebrew and modding community.

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        5 months ago

        Actually, charging people for emulation isn’t illegal. The main problem, that I can figure out, is that they specifically marketed / advertised that upcoming Switch games (TotK) runs better on Yuzu than Switch. Main issue is that they did it before TotK was released.

        Disclaimer: Not a legal expert, just what I could figure out from reading different stuff / articles.

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          Exactly, which is why I said “charging people to play pirated games” (though I suppose it was really just one game, so no plural was needed.)