Azahar+ is fork under gpl. Azahar devs have authority over their name, but instead of dealing with Azahar+ they went against Anbernic because they used software that they deemed easier to use. The Azahar devs actions directly are anticonsumer because they are not directed in any way against Anbernic as a company. Their actions though might hurt consumers that use Anbernic devices. As much as I don’t like Anbernic doing bs with preinstalling and promoting software. If Azahar really wanted to distance themselves from piracy looks of Azahar+ they should have demanded proper name change first. Then this situation would never occured in the first place. The point that at first I even got looped into all of this thinking Azahar+ is a premium option of Azahar is a perfect example of why name change would really matter here.

I simply disagree. Developing emu for such a platform that has such a litigious host comes with experience and expectation that you have no chance of messing this up. Having the paid version would be exactly that f-up, because lawyers now gets to prove your profits and their damages. And yeah it would be kind of hypocrisy in my eyes to make such a statement in such case. However since my last message I did mentioned that this point is invalid, because it wasn’t really that situation. Azahar+ seems to be a fork of Azahar, that uses Azahar in its name for userbase stealing.

The issue shouldn’t really be on Anbernic here, but on Azahar+. Instead of addressing real issue of name similarity, they simply went blaming Anbernic, and actually being anticonsumer there. Their actions wouldn’t hurt Anbernic sales, but would hurt their consumers (hypothetically, in reality that dmg is minimal because there aren’t as many platform specific unsolvable issues as devs trying to make you think).

Again I’m against Anbernic doing this bs too. I’m not saying their are right to preinstall bs, and use it in promos. It’s just weird that Azahar went full on against Anbernic but did nothing with Azahar+. And from the Anbernic eyes: promo guy probably went on the releases page, tried Azahar - got annoyed that he cannot setup anything, got Azahar+ and got everything working there thinking it’s the same thing. Anbernic simply used what was easy to use. Azahar backlash just feels like childish outrage to me now.

Oh wow. Bit of remark. I just figured out that Azahar+ is not even related to og Azahar other than being fork of it. This changes a lot tbh. But it even highlights Azahar devs in even worse light. Because instead of going scorched earth on Azahar+ devs for using their name, they decided to target Anbernic userbase.

I’m having very hypocritical and somewhat childish vibes from emu devs that host premium versions for extra fees (was wrong on that, appears like Azahar+ is a fork not related with og Azahar devs). I understand you want your project to be something you can get your time paid of. But emulation is just a such thin line, and getting paid only increases a likelihood of getting sued. (if Azahar+ is not related with Azahar this critique is invalid)

Also like what hardware support are we talking about? 3DS was well emulated platform by the time citra died. You don’t need many platform specific driver fixes for it as far as I’ve seen with my device. And to add salt to the wound: most GPU related bugs will likely be resolved with panvk and turnip anyways. Controller support is also not an issue. So generally it seems like they making this case to just deter Anbernic user base publicly.

Don’t get me wrong, I do understand that Anbernic should not have used pirated premium versions of emulators fork that is providing piracy feature and maliciously uses og Azahar name similarity. I’m not arguing that that’s wrong. It is wrong, and they shouldn’t have done this.

What I do argue against is anticonsumer self-centered behavior and recoil of Azahar devs actions. Anbernic offers cheap hardware - as a buyer from not a rich area, I’m buying cheap hardware. I did also remove all of the pre installed bs it comes with. And now I will get punished simply for brandname my device has. It is kinda ridiculous.

Fast-forward, save states. I hate to say it, but some games made really questionable decisions with characters move speed, or you are replaying the game and don’t want to overspend time on smth very boring. I own og 3ds xl. And I bought a pocketable Android hendheld because it is more powerful, and allows me to play same games faster.

I, ngl, could grind money trading for days in elite. Never was a problem for me, and haulers do generate money fast. I hate engineering though. It’s unnecessary tedious. The amount of planning and time wasted just to get AX ready ship is ridiculous. And pvp balance with fdl meta somewhat puts me off. Add to this that separate arena pvp mode in elite is dead. At some point I got Soo bored that I couldn’t really continue playing it. No matter what, their ass engineering is too much for me. And linear progression killed any reason to even bother with that. And recent updates don’t seem to really fix any of the existing issues. They tried to make engineering less painful by making rates and activities you get materials from more consistent. But it never fixed core issues with engineering. Like broken balance, or pathing that can take days to fully upgrade the ship if you have life outside of the game. Also the fact that you have to use outfit sites and inara for almost anything route related, because UI in the game is not really done in a good way puts me of playing it on steam deck as well. Elite could be a great game, but somehow it feels that devs maintaining the game and not developing it when it comes to ship related gameplay. Oh right, f-ing potato servers that will kick you from the game even if you are in solo mode on the busy weekend is painful too. Not to say that I prefer starfield. Starfield is not even on my radar, I will prefer elite any day over starfield. Just elite state is frustrating as hell for me.