The highly controversial PlayStation 2 emulator for Android devices, AetherSX2, has been removed from the Google Play Store starting from March 10th, 2024. This doesn't come as a surprise for many, though, as the AetherSX2 emulator halted development entirely back in 2023, with the developer...
  • NotSteve_@lemmy.caEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Was surprised at this since it’s not connected to Nintendo in any way, but it turns out it’s not actually related to the Yuzu news:

    This doesn’t come as a surprise for many, though, as the AetherSX2 emulator halted development entirely back in 2023, with the developer specifically mentioning the “neverending impersonating, complaints, demands, and now death threats”. Although, it took almost a year for the actual emulator app to be taken down from the Play Store, following the discontinuation of the project

      • NotSteve_@lemmy.caEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Open source devs have to deal with the most entitled, messed up people, I swear

      • nave@lemmy.caEnglish
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        9 months ago

        I’ve heard that the emulation on android community is extremely toxic because a lot of people don’t know anything about emulators and then get pissed when their shitty phone can’t run every game at 4k 60 fps