Fuck why are we talking about this and putting a target on Citron. Use it enjoy it and shut up.
Fucking YouTubers ruin everything
this post was submitted on 03 Feb 2025
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The problem is nintendo taking down something legal, emulators. Not the content creators sharing it.
Thousands of people (or millions) wouldn't have been able to play certain games if emulation youtubers didn't exist. The alternative is to leave 99% of newbies out and keep it a closed cool guy club in some obscure forum hidden across the web.
It should be a cool guy club.
I really hate it when people get angry when i say that they’re pirating and 100% i get the “i dumped it myself”, or the “i already own a copy so i am entitled to”.
Like, dude, play the fuck along, don’t defend shit i know you can’t do. You’re gonna ruin it for the rest of us.
Being a fork of Yuzu, Citron has the capability of using proprietary keys to decrypt ROMs on the fly. Even though the actually proprietary part of the equation (the encryption keys themselves) isn't distributed with Citron, my understanding is that Nintendo successfully argued in court that including the ability to use those keys was in violation of the DMCA. And with how vague the wording in the legal code is, I'm not surprised.
So, regardless of the reality of things, Nintendo absolutely can (and will) sue to have Citron taken offline and charge the guys maintaining it with a crime.
Again, logic and reality don't matter; only what you can "prove" in the courtroom.
This was a Bad Move™, and this stupid glory seeking YouTuber has just all but killed the project before it's really even off the ground. As the first lemming said, his greed for views just ruined it for everyone.
I do agree with both points. The problem is Nintendo, and a Youtube video is a fantastic way to get more people on board.
Main problem being that same exposure also gets stuff taken down very quickly.
Take a certain archiver's tinfoil shop as an example. The video someone uploaded was deleted, with the Discord guild and shop taken down within a day of the video going live.
(Small edit here, I do not condone the shop. Only making a point.)
they emphasize thats it's for homebrew on the readme, yet mention major titles in the release notes. youtubers will probably be all over that for e-peen if they haven't already. hopefully this one will stick around but we will see I guess.