The dev was a toxic person who had mental health issues. Not the first time they freaked out and claimed they were being targeted for harassment and throwing a hissy fit and leaving while being a toxic turd to so many people along the way
Comment on PS2 emulator AetherSX2 removed from Google Play Store
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Was surprised at this since it’s not related 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
AdmiralShat@programming.dev 3 months ago
grayhaze@lemmy.world 3 months ago
So what you’re saying is you were part of the problem?
RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
What kind of sicko sends death threats to someone for developing an emulator
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Open source devs have to deal with the most entitled, messed up people, I swear
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 3 months ago
Added with games, where game devs also receive some of the most vile stuff around, it’s just a recipe for disaster
doctorzeromd@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Especially when the software they’re developing is an emulator or for phones. This was both!
nave@lemmy.ca 3 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
RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Digital illiteracy and it’s consequences
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
people who have underperforming or incompatible hardware who hound developers for optimaztion on a project that was free.
people tend to not read app requirements (or the fucking manual) because their too lazy to help themselves before bugging someone else.
CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 3 months ago
Same thing happened to Near/Byuu the creator of higan (SNES emulator).
kotaku.com/the-brilliant-snes-emulator-creator-kn…
RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
That makes my blood boil every time i think of it. I’m autistic and a computer uber-nerd too and they didn’t deserve it.
AdmiralShat@programming.dev 3 months ago
The dev actually got caught faking death threats at one point, and the dev routinely told users in his discord to kill themselves
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Entitled teenagers from poor countries on low end hardware mostly
Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Sony?
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 months ago
You mean besides Bootlicking Nintendo fanboys?
RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Of course