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Nintendo blitzes GitHub with over 8,000 emulator-related DMCA takedowns (www.engadget.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by p3e7@lemm.ee to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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WTF - Rest in peace... I hope no one has to pay any legal fees. Wish you all the best!

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[-] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 102 points 4 months ago

Let the infinite forking on infinite platforms commence.

[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 58 points 4 months ago

Barbara Streisand Effect x 8000.

[-] gjghkk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

So which github projects are interesting?

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

Fork yourself, nintendo!

[-] choco_polus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Unlimited Fork Works

[-] verdigris@lemmy.ml 84 points 4 months ago

Stop using GitHub. Especially if you're working on anything that corpo interests will frown on, but just generally, there are plenty of alternatives (both git and non-git) that aren't owned by Microsoft.

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 4 months ago

Give Up GitHub!

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[+] Mikufan@ani.social 60 points 4 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[-] p3e7@lemm.ee 33 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Well it's probably cheaper than to innovate on the hardware front (display, performance, Joy-Cons, etc.) . And since they have an insane amount of money, it think they can keep doing this for quite some time...

[+] Mikufan@ani.social 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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[-] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 12 points 4 months ago

I mean it's easy to shit on the switch now that it's a 7 year old console, and don't get me wrong the joycon drift is fuckin ridiculous, but the switch was kinda impressive when it came out.

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

It's basically just an Android tablet with shitty controllers on each side and some proprietary OS. The only thing that makes the Switch special are the exclusive Nintendo games.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

You've basically described all gaming consoles lol

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

The one thing that impresses me about consoles though: How tf do they manage to run even graphics-intensive games on such low-end hardware? I mean sure, frame rates aren't great, but the fact that these games still run and are somehow playable amazes me.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago

I think it's because they're targeting a very small number of devices as opposed to the infinite number of possible combinations of hardware a computer could have.

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

Right, that makes sense

[-] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

It was underpowered when it came out and didn't introduce anything their other consoles didnt already have (nor have I ever seen someone use half the features).

What's really impressive is the devs making games for it, showing off how much the mobile gaming market is holding us back by making Candy Crush Soda Ultra Supermax

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 0 points 4 months ago

and didn't introduce anything their other consoles didnt already have (nor have I ever seen someone use half the features).

I don't remember undocking my PS4 to play it on the go.

[-] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

But you may have with your Gameboy, gameboy advanced, Ds, dsi, dsiXL, 2ds, 3ds, wiiu, PSP, or PSP vita.

And if you consider a portable HDMI output important, laptops and phones could do this probably half a decade before the switch came out

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

You can't compare Wii U because it has to be super close to the console and not all games could be played on the game pad. Unless the Vita had HDMI output then this was definitely a new feature of game consoles. Maybe you can compare NetBooks to the Switch if you're being generous but laptops and phones are a totally different form factor.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

I remember a lot of problems on launch

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[-] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 18 points 4 months ago

It is almost a zero cost. They already have the legal-ish ruling. It is just filling out a form letter and sending it out.

[-] best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

just to the next

who distributes ROMs on Discord. I guess most emulators will be fine.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 30 points 4 months ago

I hope this doesn't spread out towards other emulators just as a matter of "principle" (by Nintendo's definition)

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 4 months ago

This is why I keep a physical backup of all my emulator installers on an external hard drive. They get rid of some emulators, I still got my personal copies!

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

Yeah I've been playing Pokemon Sacred Gold on my phone, really gives me GBC pipes with the size and everything it's like childhood all over.

I have the emulator and the games on my pc and my phone though so fuck Nintendo.

I'm playing a 15 year old game someone improved upon that I already owned on hardware I can't buy anymore.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

Yeah totally worried for Ryujinx. I don’t see how they can survive.

[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 2 points 4 months ago

If Nintendo stays consistent, they went after Yuzu because they were accepting donations. They went after ROM sites that had advertising. They left everyone else alone if they aren't making money off their games. Right now Ryujinx has a Patreon page...

[-] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 21 points 4 months ago

Torrents people.

Say, anyone want a yuzu magnet

[-] AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

I don't give a rat's dick about Nintendo and their shitty games and I will torrent it out of pure spite

Send me the link

[-] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Can't put file on Lemmy,

[-] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 5 points 4 months ago

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:404295db91d035ae11395ad1755ab7e5dc8b6f19&xt=urn:btmh:1220f2bd7dbfd7ec2e25c9e848cf0b17d771332e57e3ba109368e111c0a45967966e&dn=yuzu-full-archive&tr=udp%3a%2f%2fopentracker.i2p.rocks%3a6969%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.opentrackr.org%3a1337%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.auctor.tv%3a6969%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2fopen.tracker.cl%3a1337%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.torrent.eu.org%3a451%2fannounce&tr=https%3a%2f%2fopentracker.i2p.rocks%3a443%2fannounce&so=0-23

Idk if it still works

[-] jinwk00@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago

Thoughts on Forgejo? Heard about that one for selfhosting git

[-] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Is there a p2p based equivalent?

I don't even know how would that work, but seems something that would fit here.

[-] Yglorba@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago

I mean, the alternative is Ryujinx, which Nintendo has for some reason ignored for now.

(Ryujinx's devs are much more cautious about things like banning any references to piracy in their discord and avoiding anything that could look like getting money in exchange for access, both of which may have given them less legal exposure.)

[-] theblueredditrefugee@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

I think a federated version should work....

[-] meteokr@community.adiquaints.moe 1 points 4 months ago

Here's a link to an instance of radicle for Yuzu. It's a p2p git server implementation. I haven't looked too much into it yet, but the tech seems interesting.

[-] Yglorba@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

As the article mentions, they're releasing the Switch successor soon. I suspect the real reason for this push is to try and scare people off from developing an emulator for that one, at least during the lifetime of the console - it's a bit late to try and kill Switch emulation given that nearly fully-functional emulators already exist.