It makes sense now why Nintendo acted the way it did; the fact that Yuzu was developed by an LLC made it a target of an actual lawsuit. If it was just some guy in his basement, he probably would've been scared off by a simple cease-and-desist.
From what I am hearing what triggered it was Yuzu paywalling emulator fixes for TOTK on patreon, before TOTK was even out (meaning it can only be acquired through piracy from that leak). That can be interpreted as promoting piracy and we all know that's a huge no-no in Nintendo's book. I am not surprised Yuzu folded. They flew a little too close to the Sun.
Software pirates/emulators need to keep in mind that they can only continue to get away with it when they avoid Nintendo's Eye of Sauron (lawyers) and don't make any money off it. The moment either of those statements becomes untrue, they are fucked.
Wait, when did the emulator development turn into a "company"? Wasn't this an open source emulator?
It makes sense now why Nintendo acted the way it did; the fact that Yuzu was developed by an LLC made it a target of an actual lawsuit. If it was just some guy in his basement, he probably would've been scared off by a simple cease-and-desist.
From what I am hearing what triggered it was Yuzu paywalling emulator fixes for TOTK on patreon, before TOTK was even out (meaning it can only be acquired through piracy from that leak). That can be interpreted as promoting piracy and we all know that's a huge no-no in Nintendo's book. I am not surprised Yuzu folded. They flew a little too close to the Sun.
Software pirates/emulators need to keep in mind that they can only continue to get away with it when they avoid Nintendo's Eye of Sauron (lawyers) and don't make any money off it. The moment either of those statements becomes untrue, they are fucked.
Over 20 years ago Sony murdered Bleem! with lawfare, despite losing every injunctive ruling. (The case died with the death of the company.)
It's a tactic that works.