There's no reason in the world _I_ should switch up (pun, heh) hardware at the pace of the manufacturer. Thought you should know, not everyone does it to save a few bucks. So if by 'X' you meant 'piracy', well, nice strawman, otherwise you're equivocating emulation with piracy, which is wrong.ĮDIT: By the way, a great reason to emulate Switch games is to experience them at higher resolutions and higher framerates. The article in question never mentioned piracy. The commenter you responded to never mentioned piracy. The irony here is that you're doing moral posturing yourself in this comment. What really rubs me the wrong way is when commenters on HN paint people who use emulators as thieves, and emulator developers as enablers of theft, and nothing more. But what really rubs me the wrong way is when people who have chosen to steal start moralizing their position like they're standing up for some vague rights or principles. > And failing that if you want to just steal, then just steal. Sorry, but what is 'X'? Emulation? If everyone emulated Nintendo games, we don't really know that Nintendo would cease to exist, but they probably would not cease to exist because plenty of folks who emulate Nintendo games still buy Nintendo products, because they are, you know, Nintendo fans. If you want to play Switch games, buy one. Switches are generally available and not that expensive. > A good rule to live by is to ask 'what would happen if everyone did X?' In this case, Nintendo would cease to exist. While emulation can be used for piracy, it is not the main use case.Ĭorporations like Nintendo are not your friend. If there is one, I'd love to know, but even so, the numbers is negligible. I'm not aware of any company going under directly because of piracy, especially not just because of emulators. This argument has been (ab)used since piracy has been a thing. People can actually use the hardware they paid for the way they want to use it. How about this one: 'What would happen if all companies opened up their hardware and stopped forcing people to upgrade for no reason?' Eutopia, that's what! Less ewaste. Not to mention a whole lot of ewaste that could otherwise work for years. A good rule to live by is to ask 'what would happen if everyone did X?'įor example: 'What would happen if all companies blocked individuals from doing what they want with the hardware they bought?' You get a hacking community and people imprisoned for the unlocked hardware they paid for.

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