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How long have the *arr family of apps been developed? It amazes me that nobody has tried to pull a Nintendo against them yet given their obvious use cases.

by ls612 2y ago

doctorpangloss 2y ago
There are so many problems in every aspect of video. It's a total crisis.
asacrowflies 2y ago
I think they do a pretty good job of not crossing any legal lines.
freeone3000 2y ago
“Pulling a nintendo” worked when there was a small, identifiable group of people who ran a patreon. Yuzu forks have not gone away in the slightest.
- atomicnumber3 2y ago
  Yeah running the patreon was stupid, but I am pretty sure what really fucked them was ADVERTISING !!!PAID!!! EARLY ACCESS TO FIRST PARTY NINTENDO TITLES BY PLAYING LEAKED ROM DUMPS. Like holy Jesus fucking Christ!!! It's like they were trying to play Nintendo suicide bingo! Sorry, I don't usually swear on HM, but holy crap. I'm still in utter awe.
  - WithinReason 2y ago
    it didn't matter, ryujinx got taken down without it.
- ls612 2y ago
  Ryujinx got taken out too and they were not behaving like yuzu. Nintendo has a plan to wipe out emulation and it looks like it is working. :(
  - LelouBil 2y ago
    Well, ryujinx didn't really get taken down from what I heard. Nintendo just contacted the repo owner and basically paid them to stop everything and remove the repo, I think.
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  - ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago
    Well, I know at least seven different people who are using Yuzu and a different fork still ekulating like crazy.
    - ls612 2y ago
      Well yeah you can still use yuzu (if you can find it) but over time software rot will take its toll with no development. Perhaps Torzu or similar will be able to at least keep it maintained to run on current systems even if they make no real progress.
sneak 2y ago
Turns out that we actually do mostly have freedom of expression in the west as long as you don’t pull an Assange. It’s not great but it could be a lot worse. Permitting legal source code to be banned because wealthy rightsholders don’t like it is a good canary for how widespread censorship has become. We’re fortunately not there yet.

How long have the *arr family of apps been developed? It amazes me that nobody has tried to pull a Nintendo against them yet given their obvious use cases.

by ls612 2y ago

How long have the *arr family of apps been developed? It amazes me that nobody has tried to pull a Nintendo against them yet given their obvious use cases.

doctorpangloss 2y ago

There are so many problems in every aspect of video. It's a total crisis.

asacrowflies 2y ago

I think they do a pretty good job of not crossing any legal lines.

freeone3000 2y ago

“Pulling a nintendo” worked when there was a small, identifiable group of people who ran a patreon. Yuzu forks have not gone away in the slightest.

atomicnumber3 2y ago
Yeah running the patreon was stupid, but I am pretty sure what really fucked them was ADVERTISING !!!PAID!!! EARLY ACCESS TO FIRST PARTY NINTENDO TITLES BY PLAYING LEAKED ROM DUMPS. Like holy Jesus fucking Christ!!! It's like they were trying to play Nintendo suicide bingo! Sorry, I don't usually swear on HM, but holy crap. I'm still in utter awe.
- WithinReason 2y ago
  it didn't matter, ryujinx got taken down without it.
ls612 2y ago
Ryujinx got taken out too and they were not behaving like yuzu. Nintendo has a plan to wipe out emulation and it looks like it is working. :(
- LelouBil 2y ago
  Well, ryujinx didn't really get taken down from what I heard. Nintendo just contacted the repo owner and basically paid them to stop everything and remove the repo, I think.
  - deleted 2y ago
    [deleted]
- ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago
  Well, I know at least seven different people who are using Yuzu and a different fork still ekulating like crazy.
  - ls612 2y ago
    Well yeah you can still use yuzu (if you can find it) but over time software rot will take its toll with no development. Perhaps Torzu or similar will be able to at least keep it maintained to run on current systems even if they make no real progress.

sneak 2y ago

Turns out that we actually do mostly have freedom of expression in the west as long as you don’t pull an Assange. It’s not great but it could be a lot worse. Permitting legal source code to be banned because wealthy rightsholders don’t like it is a good canary for how widespread censorship has become. We’re fortunately not there yet.