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   Cassidy James :ea: :gg: :fh: (cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 06:23:57 JST Cassidy James :ea: :gg: :fh:

   I’m frustrated by the Yuzu/Nintendo settlement; it sets a dangerous precedent:

   >Developing or distributing software…that…functions only when cryptographic keys are integrated without authorization, violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act…because the software is primarily designed for the purpose of circumventing technological measures.

   Isn’t that how *every* emulator works? What does this mean for game preservation?

   https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/4/24090357/nintendo-yuzu-emulator-lawsuit-settlement

   #Nintendo #Yuzu #NintendoSwitch #emulation

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     popey (popey@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 06:23:55 JST popey

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     @cassidy I feel the fact they had a $30K/mo patreon didn't help their case at all. That's wildly different to some random open source emulator you may find online, that reads already-decrypted rom files, surely?

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 06:23:55 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • popey

     @popey @cassidy Their Patreon subs (allegedly) spiked dramatically right before Tears of the Kingdom launched…

     Yea, it’s tough, but their messaging (“We’re totally against piracy and we do this out of love”) is at odds with their reality (“We’re making lots of money from piracy”)

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 06:35:21 JST Seasons of Jason

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     @popey @cassidy Neat. Today I learned Graphtreon exists.

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     popey (popey@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 06:35:22 JST popey

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     • Seasons of Jason

     @killyourfm @cassidy exactly. It’s pretty amazing how much you can pull in as “donations” from gamers. They have money, there’s a shitload of them, and they’re willing to spend on what they want.

     https://graphtreon.com/creator/yuzuteam

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 06:51:37 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • Brandon Conway
     • popey

     @bcon @popey @cassidy Yea, this was absolutely inevitable.

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     Brandon Conway (bcon@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 06:51:38 JST Brandon Conway

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     • popey

     @killyourfm @popey @cassidy The litigation arm of Nintendo is ruthless. I’d think twice before creating something that touches or resembles their intellectual property.

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 10:46:38 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • Gardiner Bryant
     • popey

     @gardiner_bryant @popey @cassidy If you told me that, I would look at you intently, wearing my “let’s be real with other” hat, and say that a significantly smaller percentage of people would go to the trouble of playing those pirated games on official hardware than would play them by simply downloading a ROM and playing them anywhere.

     That being said: Nintendo truly does a terrible job of game preservation for titles on their platforms.

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     Gardiner Bryant (gardiner_bryant@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 10:46:39 JST Gardiner Bryant

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     • popey

     @killyourfm @popey @cassidy what if I told you that, whether Switch emulators exist or not, people would still play pirated games on [clutches pearls] **official hardware**?

     That is to say, Yuzu wasn't encouraging piracy. Nintendo's own business model of hardware exclusivity is.

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 10:55:52 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • Gardiner Bryant
     • popey

     @gardiner_bryant @popey @cassidy … which is why I’m truly disappointed to see Citra get taken down alongside Yuzu. It’s one thing if the platform holder doesn’t want to preserve their OWN titles, but it’s not fair when those 3rd-party gems (like stuff from the eShop) go MIA.

     Yes, I’m conflicted.

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     Gardiner Bryant (gardiner_bryant@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 10:58:11 JST Gardiner Bryant

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     • popey

     @killyourfm @popey @cassidy if Nintendo truly cared about preventing "piracy," they'd sell their games on PC. But they don't, so we can deduce that this is about intimidation, bullying, and maintaining an illegal monopoly over their artificial market.

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 10:58:11 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • Gardiner Bryant
     • popey

     @gardiner_bryant @popey @cassidy Heh, can’t exactly argue that point. What does Nintendo have if their hardware fails? They turn into SEGA…

     The reason Microsoft and Sony can put their games on PC is that they have so much to fall back on. (I’m not defending Nintendo here — they are woefully behind the times when it comes to stuff like this)