Looking at the websites, both emulators claim you have to dump the system keys for them to work.
just like how they require you to dump ROMs from your legitimately owned game copies, presumably.
What are the conditions under which do you still need a hacked switch?
Re:Ryujinx (Switch Emulator) Update
by TAForObvReasons on Sunday December 18, 2022 @10:00PM
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https://github.com/Ryujinx/Ryujinx/wiki/Ryujinx-Setup-&-Conf...
> Your Switch keys and either your dumped firmware or recent game cartridge untrimmed XCI
> Your dumped Nintendo Switch games or homebrew
You don't need a hacked switch if you can find the homebrew apps / games / firmware on the internet and if you can find a donor set of keys. But that enters questionable territory
Fortunately, it's way easier to dump keys/etc from recent eras of of consoles than consoles of old.
Re:Ryujinx (Switch Emulator) Update
by mrguyorama on Monday December 19, 2022 @04:40PM
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How do you dump keys from newer versions of the switch that fixed the old way?
By which you mean that if you have a fusee-glecee (sic) compatible switch, no hardware mods are necessary beyond turning it on holding a usually inaccessible button combination, right? After that, everything is perfectly legal backup and format shifting.
This has not been necessarily the case for years.