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Re:Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu by jonny_eh on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @06:52PM (#39531915)
That flies in the face of what Valve did TO Dolphin. It was Valve that proactively reached out to Nintendo before putting Dolphin in Steam. Of course Nintendo responded "please don't", so Dolphin got blocked.
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Re:Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu by foobarchu on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @07:27PM (#39532259)
Very important (imo) nitpick, Valve didn't block Dolphin, they took it off their store. Blocked sounds like they made it so to dang run it, but you can install whatever you want on a steam deck and valve isn't going to stop you.
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Re:Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu by everdrive on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @06:33AM (#39536571)
This case isn't just about emulation; the Dolphin devs hard-coded the firmware into the emulator, which is why Nintendo had any standing. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5bfpS-WYUA
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Re:Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu by jonny_eh on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @12:43PM (#39541267)
Not the firmware, but the decryption key.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36091273

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