"NEW: Nintendo is suing the creators of popular Switch emulator Yuzu, saying their tech illegally circumvents Nintendo's software encryption and facilitates piracy. Seeks damages for alleged violations and a shutdown of the emulator.

Notes 1 million copies of Tears of the Kingdom downloaded prior to game's release; says Yuzu's Patreon support doubled during that time. Basically arguing that that is proof that Yuzu's business model helps piracy flourish."

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[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I love YUZU and it’s wonderful…

…but if they didn’t have a Patreon they’d have a better stance

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

You are being downvoted but reminder to everyone that the public Yuzu is way behind on updates and compatibility, they sell access to their most recent version via their patreon. Something that Ryujinx does not do, it purely is a donation and nothing more.

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can download and view the latest Yuzu source code for free and do practically whatever you want with it (GPLv3), including building and running it.

What paying via Patreon provides you is access to early access builds of the software. You're paying for the convenience of them compiling the latest version of the software for you.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

You can even get all the latest EA builds as .exe files on the Yuzu PineappleEA GitHub!

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You can get all the latest Yuzu EA builds for free on their GitHub

But the fact that they’re kinda “selling” access… wait, why exactly DO they “sell” access even? They might not have as much legal trouble if they didn’t do that.