Freetube on Linux, newpipe on android and maybe a private invidious instance.

They only own the domain. Nothing is hosted there.

If we do that, Hitler already won.

It does have grifters trying to “crack a code” in the bible. This “prophecy” is based on one of those grifters’ prophecy.

I don’t have a comprehensive definition of “weird”. But having “concerts” and election propaganda in a multiplayer shooter isn’t weird to you?

Yes, it is still weird. Wewve just gotten used to it.

The weirdness of that stuff is the reason people don’t like fortnite.

I miss the days when the justice system replied to the statement “this might hurt our business” with “too bad”. (In the case when sony lost to that PS emulator)

What exactly am I “pulling out of my ass”?

Nobody said it’s a person

You’re talking about Nintendo as if it’s a person with phrases like your bullet point 2.

I’m not defending anyone. I’m describing how a corporation is likely to react in capitalism. I don’t condone any of this: I don’t condone copyright laws, I don’t condone legal threats, I don’t condone capitalism. I just try to describe how systems behave without trying to get morality involved by claiming a company is (or is run by) an or several assholes.

I also don’t condone nuclear weapons when I describe the strategy of deterrence by mutually assured destruction.

To be clear: I agree that both weed and emulation is a victimless “crime” and shouldn’t be prosecuted. However, I don’t think corporate lawyers and judges agree with us on this point.

Edit: also, Nintendo usually gets what they want by threatening to go to court without actually doing so. So the actual legality doesn’t actually matter too much. Certainly doesn’t when it comes to Switch emulators shutting down.

Outlets reporting on how Metroid Dread was running on emulators pre-release and describing how to pirate it makes Nintendo pursue actions to prevent that shit. They can’t prevent their games leaking, so they attack the emulators.

Is this so much harder to believe than Nintendo having a personal grudge?

Nintendo isn’t a person. It’s a corporation. When their most important game of the year is leaked and spread on the web one week before release, they are kind of pressured to conduct legal action.

Doesn’t make it wrong.

Certainly not. But with Vimm’s lair you could argue that it’s definetly illegal, while emulation is generally considered legal.

Unpopular opinion: These leaks are probably the reason for Nintendo being so ruthless on emulators.

The first gen switch is really easy to hack. Once someone in the supply-line gets their hands on a cartridge, it’s already online.

Counterexamples: Netflix without ads, Gamepass, Tinder.

If that seems “smartypants” to you, your intellectual standards are set pretty damn low.

I’d appreciate it if you didn’t insult me. The smartypants part was that you "um-actually"d me. Not that you stated something too “intellectual”.

I never said “that’s because of enshittification”. I said “that’s enshittification”. My statement didn’t contain any description of causal effects.

Only if it’s that kind of smartypants criticism.

Do you commonly criticize comments that don’t issue a historical paper on the background of a meme?