While this super sucks and is a loss for the wider Emulation community, I think this is the first time where I can actually see where Nintendo is coming from in one of those legal dilemmas.
(Disclaimer: Not a lawyer, some of this is hearsay. I'm only an avid reader, but haven't actually ever done any switch emulation myself. Keep your salt grains ready and correct me if I share wrong information please.)
Yuzu appearently raked in 30k USD per month on their patreon. And many of these patreons were most likely not just donating out of good will and with a "Thank you" mindset, but they were actually in it for the supporter/early access builds, which were time-gated behind these subscriptions. This automatically raises an eyebrow for me. Second problem, one of these early-access branches appearently had optimizations for running Tears of the Kingdom, even before it officially released (the game got leaked 1~2 weeks early). This meant, for a short period of time, the yuzu emulator was the only way to play Nintendo's game (besides using a homebrewed switch) and I think this put them in a direct competition against Nintendo.
That is just an absolute no-go when you're trying to provide legal and safe emulation. This basically invites pirates with a big welcome mat. Correction: I just found out, official yuzu builds never ran TotK pre-release. It was modded versions through 3rd party devs.
The core idea of "good" emulation is video game preservation and the right, to do whatever you yourself want with your property.
The yuzu devs in this scenario seemed like they were trying to make a profit off of giving early access to someone elses copyrighted work. And that does sound pretty illegal to me.
What Nintendo is trying to argue in their writing doesn't super resonate with me though. yuzu emulator needs a file from the switch OS called "prod.keys" in order to decrypt and to actually play switch games. Nintendo argues that any attempt at extracting this file is "circumventing digital copyright millenium act", and therefore yuzu is facilitating piracy because it ONLY works with this file. This also seems to be the reason why they went after the tool that is used to extract prod.keys, called "Lockpick" earlier last year.
I don't think using a program to obtain your own keys from your own property should be illegal. While sharing those files might very well be.
Overall, very iffy topic, just a reminder to any Emulation Devs to always take the safe route whenever possible. In my personal opinion, I don't think developers should even try to emulate any games that are newer than ~1 year, as a show of faith that there is no monetary incentive.
I check in here quite often, but for now, I'm just focusing on clearing spam and keeping the instance alive. In January, I was working on the AP module, and there has been significant progress in the work, which hasn't been publicly published yet. Unfortunately, at the beginning of the year, I developed a skin condition that...
I know anime has legitimately taken over the world now, but this seems to be the next series I am curious about after withdrawing from anime and manga due to being the current trends....
Entirely depends on what you're looking for in an anime and manga. It's full of hornybait and fanservice, but also does manage to tell a romantic high school story about how you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover and how you gotta keep striving to be your best self while also staying true to your feelings.
It's genuinely wholesome, but also targeted more towards guys. If you're put off by that description, avoid it. If it sounds like your cup of tea, go for it.
Honestly, pretty decent adaptation so far.
I like the VA for Sung Jinwoo. He's definitely doing a banger job.
But I do miss some of the more intricate page-spanning artworks where you had to scroll from left to right to even get the full picture of what's going on. I guess that is just very hard to adapt to an animated format.
Okay, so far not bad.
I like that they don't rush things, but I haven't really felt blown away either.
The manhwa managed to really incorporate the amazing art on these beautiful colored pages with big impressive moments, but that's not the vibe I am getting from the anime yet. Hoping for episode 2 to do "the grin" justice.
Personally I enjoyed it, but it definitely felt more like a "slice of fantasy world life". Elaina doesn't really play the hero too much, and there aren't any big overarching plots that stretch over multiple episodes. It's really inspiring and interesting from a fantasy perspective, but as you already pointed out, sometimes there are things in the worldbuilding that could bother one.
If you want a cozy magic anime, might I suggest Little Witch Academia?
It also has a fair amount of action/adventure, but it doesn't deal with any heavy topics IIRC.
This game seems difficult, weapons and shield constantly break. I am always out of stamina and keep dying. I am afraid to roam around, so no open world for me. Any tips, would be appreciated.
Have you already found out what Koroks are and what they do?
They are hidden throughout the world and are important, and help alleviate the stress a bit when a sword/shield breaks.
There is a character on the road to kakariko, between Twin Peak Stables and Kakariko. Keep an eye out for them.
Sorry for this, but I'll delete your comment in that case.
I'm against AI created images and do not want them to be posted in this magazine.
This is not meant as an attack against you, rather I want to enforce this rule equally everywhere in /m/megumin.
I hope you understand. Feel free to share any non-AI generated images though, while crediting the artist!
Yo, that is so good to know!
Wish there was a link to some quick stylesheet guide that kbin supports when you write a comment. Haven't seen this feature before.
Signal’s president reveals the cost of running the privacy-preserving platform—not just to drum up donations, but to call out the for-profit surveillance business models it competes against....
I saw a lot of discussion in the comments about their workers pay, but honestly, they make a great product. Wouldn't wanna be counting pennies in someone elses pockets. I donated a one time 25 bucks, I hope they will continue to ask for donations whenever they are in dire need of server running money.
both Linux operating systems have 1. A friendly user interface, 2. A hidden terminal, and 3. A locked down root user, to avoid dangerous actions!! Why do people seem to dislike Android when Ubuntu is similar to it??
Troll post or shill, same account recently asked "why do people dislike google, they're only doing legal data saving for stuff you search" and then ignored every bit of legitimate croticism that was handed to them.
Can Cloud Strife (FF7) beat Link (Zelda)?
Switch Emulator Yuzu is dead, 3DS emulator Citra also affected (overkill.wtf)
The Yuzu dev team has decided to end the project, marking the end of a great Nintendo Switch emulator.
RE: Is Ernest still here?
I check in here quite often, but for now, I'm just focusing on clearing spam and keeping the instance alive. In January, I was working on the AP module, and there has been significant progress in the work, which hasn't been publicly published yet. Unfortunately, at the beginning of the year, I developed a skin condition that...
Should I be curious about Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro?
I know anime has legitimately taken over the world now, but this seems to be the next series I am curious about after withdrawing from anime and manga due to being the current trends....
Solo Leveling - Episode 5 discussion
POV: You're about to be blown up
Solo Leveling S1E1 Discussion
Anyone seen ‘’Elaina the wandering witch’’?
So, I’m curious if anyone seen this short anime. I’m currently watching it, 3 episodes in and don’t know whether to proceed or to call it quits....
[BotW] Having a hard time getting started.
This game seems difficult, weapons and shield constantly break. I am always out of stamina and keep dying. I am afraid to roam around, so no open world for me. Any tips, would be appreciated.
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A Chibi Megumin for Megu-Monday!
Feature comparison - kbin vs Lemmy
There's a chance that I have forgotten something or missed something....
JPEG (lemmy.world)
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Running Signal Will Soon Cost $50 Million a Year (www.wired.com)
Signal’s president reveals the cost of running the privacy-preserving platform—not just to drum up donations, but to call out the for-profit surveillance business models it competes against....
change my mind: Ubuntu does the same thing as Android
both Linux operating systems have 1. A friendly user interface, 2. A hidden terminal, and 3. A locked down root user, to avoid dangerous actions!! Why do people seem to dislike Android when Ubuntu is similar to it??
Riding around like royalty (startrek.website)
Can IT confirm? (lemmy.world)
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Lemmy disproves the stereotype that Germans lack a sense of humor
A solid 30% of posts in my feed are German memes. I don’t understand the language, but I love the memes that I can’t read.