Comment on Modern Vintage Gamer: The BEST Emulators of 2024

• thingsiplay@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not if its not absolutely needed to. In example Steam is a pass, or back then when I was using Nvidia cards the proprietary drivers was a must have too. I even have proprietary drivers installed for the gamepad… (and hate myself for it) BigPEmu is “just” another emulator and I can play the Jaguar games on RetroArch already. So yes, I avoid proprietary software by principle, but do make exceptions. I’m not a purist. I’m still curious to how it compares to my current solution.

  source

  • DdCno1@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As a vegetarian, this kind of reminds me of what I’m going through sometimes. Eating out in particular can be annoying, with most meal options in most restaurants containing meat.

    source

    • thingsiplay@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Would you eat something where you don’t know whats inside? For me its like going into a Restaurant and they promise you it will taste wonderful, without telling you whats inside, only showing how it looks from outside. Would you eat it? That’s kind of what a proprietary emulator is for me. And I don’t have much to choose from, unlike vegetarian food (you can even make your own food out of the parts you buy). Sometimes I straight up have no other choice than use proprietary software (like Steam for Steam games, even the games are proprietary…).

      I understand the nature of your comparison. We are making a compromise and accept that we have less to choose from, for our greater good and goal.

      source