vinnymac

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Probably for the same reason Nintendo shuttered the stores for 3DS and Wii U over the last year. They are attempting to consolidate infrastructure, support, user base, and sales.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (6 children)

It is likely due to age and popularity. At this point PCSX2 is the only widely popular emulator you've listed, but is older, in the same way Dolphin is old and less of a concern of harming their limelight. That isn't to say those other emulators aren't making waves lately, but there is a window between age and popularity that makes this software a prime target. Especially emulators for current gen, which has been historically very rare, and when it did exist were no where near as good as CEMU, Yuzu, and Ryujinx were.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I had to read this like six times, because it was so illogical my brain refused to comprehend.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In a different world maybe, but I can already see the headlines, “Mozilla open sources lackluster AI tool”. PR is unfortunately a thing, and once you miss that initial wave of interest, you’re unlikely to grab attention later without another marketing push. Mozilla is experienced in open sourcing software, so by now they’re pretty good at knowing when to do it and when not to. In other words, it says something that they chose not to do it in this case.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Believe it or not but it requires resources to open source an internal product, especially one that may have been an experiment where some small team was able to convince leadership could become useful to the masses.

React.js at Facebook is a good example of this. It took a lot of effort to externalize and open source React, and tbh the codebase is still kind of garbage when it comes to contributions from those unfamiliar with its intricacies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I’m in no way affiliated with zen browser, but if you’re looking for a privacy / Firefox (Gecko) based browser with a nice aesthetic check it out.

https://zen-browser.app/

https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It certainly can be a cat and mouse game, but scraping at scale tends to be ahead of the curve of the security teams. Some examples:

https://brightdata.com/

https://oxylabs.io/

Preventing access by requiring an account, with strict access rules can curb the vast majority of scraping, then your only bad actors are the rich venture capitalists.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I hope your resume is good clean fun, just like your meals.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

In my experience they are held accountable.

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