2024 has been a pretty rough year for Nintendo-loving emulator fans. At this point it’s clear that they can either choose Nintendo, or Switch emulators, but they can’t have relationships with both. At least not in public. During the last few hours Nintendo began targeting Pomelo, a popular Switch emulator for iOS devices. Like similar emulators before it, Pomelo’s disclaimer against piracy is redundant. Thanks to its family tree, it has nowhere left to go.

  • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.social
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    12 days ago

    It depends on who is interpreting the DMCA really.

    It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works (commonly known as digital rights management or DRM). It also criminalizes the act of circumventing an access control, whether or not there is actual infringement of copyright itself.