Quote from: Mikey on April 12, 2024, 05:18:47The operating systems are open source. Linux and Android. You can't steal open source. Know what you're talking about before you speak. From my experience when you buy a device directly from the manufacturer, it does not come with roms. when you buy them off Amazon from Chinese companies that don't care about copyright laws, and who you can't shut down because they'll just pop up under a different name, they are people selling the devices with roms. The actual device manufacturers have nothing to do with that, in my expierence.

What? Anbernic sells their devices with optional sd card combo preloaded with craptonne of roms, literally on their official website. And as far as the software goes, they use plenty of modified GPL software they never bothered to provide their source. Gl getting even the bloody linux kernel source code from them, they will give you nothing and any neccessary changes you need to figure out yourself, which can be a lot of work on many devices. And if you dont see a blatant GPL violating as stealing, then you are a moron.

And as for the artical itself, recommending this particular devices with its control scheme, display and cpu power as good for Dreamcast and PSP is very misleading.

Quote from: Mikey on April 12, 2024, 05:18:47You can't steal open source. Know what you're talking about before you speak.

What are the four freedoms and how are these companies complying with them?

The devices are distributed with roms from the source, educate yourself.

The operating systems are open source. Linux and Android. You can't steal open source. Know what you're talking about before you speak. From my experience when you buy a device directly from the manufacturer, it does not come with roms. when you buy them off Amazon from Chinese companies that don't care about copyright laws, and who you can't shut down because they'll just pop up under a different name, they are people selling the devices with roms. The actual device manufacturers have nothing to do with that, in my expierence.

Intellectual property is a myth. Pirate everything.

A story about how all of these device makers violate so many software licenses from the stolen code they use for their operating systems to the pirated roms that they ship with might be a better thing to write about rather than advertising their e-waste.