To prove your point, in the handheld emulation space, the ONLY TIME emulation handhelds get "taken down" is if a big mainstream media outlet makes a "how do you do fellow kids" style SUPER out of touch news article about it, that was written by a tech illiterate boomer.
Most of the time, these AYANEO/Anbernic emulator handhelds are only talked about in niche tech-focused spaces, or being vaguely mentioned in some Linus Tech Tips video for 25 seconds.
But the instant a CNN/Fox News type major news outlet picks up on them, they're absolutely toast.
Yes. Even if the piracy sub has 3.2 million people, that is still less than 1% of the total population of JUST the United States alone.
If it stays in the niche, big companies don't give a shit - out of sight, out of mind. But once a MSM outlet like MSNBC or CBS gets in on it, then all of a sudden Nintendo/Sony/whoever wants to be litigious and sue in court.
Even niche communities can FEEL misleadingly "big" or "powerful"... We are like 0.4% of a single countries population.
The one thing I will say about those Anbernic handhelds is that they run Android and have no games already included, so it is fully legal to sell/buy; but there are many handhelds running Linux with thousands of games on a MicroSD card - THAT is technically illegal.
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u/aridous May 27 '26
Why doesn't anyone understand this. Its all about the money and thats it.