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PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation changes license for no commercial use and no derivatives
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More likely it is related to the years of harassment from the transphobe "running" retroarch and his horde of hateful shitheads who harass emulator developers until they work for him. Duckstation is far from the only emulator that has been targeted by this and "Swanstation" has always been incredibly sketchy for a "fork".
If you spend years torturing open source developers, this is what happens. Which... has no real impact on the "legitimate" users but will hopefully bring more eyes to why we actively should not support retroarch and their campaigns of hate. Especially when tools like ES-DE do an amazing job of just scanning for what emulators you have installed and "making it work" without demanding developers make tweaks to support their framework.
This is unfortunate to hear. I had no idea the RetroArch team was like that. Looks like I need to move to stand-alone emulators when I get the chance. Convenience always comes with a price
My tip: Ares. It’s a multi system emulator that is independent from retroarch/libretro while providing the same convenience and AFAIK is the most accurate n64 emulator available.
I'll have to look into it, thanks for the recommendation. I'm stuck with Android currently. I purchased LaunchBox years ago, so I may see how that is doing
Edit: I don't see an Android port on the site, and they seem to be missing Dreamcast among others. Both are a deal breaker unfortunately