this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2025
419 points (98.2% liked)
Tumblr
238 readers
736 users here now
Welcome to /c/Tumblr
All the chaos of Tumblr, without actually going to Tumblr.
Rule 1: Be Civil, Not Cursed
This isn’t your personal call-out post.
- No harassment, dogpiling, or brigading
- No bigotry (transphobia, racism, sexism, etc.)
- Keep it fun and weird, not mean-spirited
Rule 2: No Forbidden Posts
Some things belong in the drafts forever. That means:
- No spam or scams
- No porn or sexually explicit content
- No illegal content (don’t make this a federal case)
- NSFW screenshots must be properly tagged
If you see a post that breaks the rules, report it so the mods can handle it. Otherwise just reblog and relax.
founded 1 month ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Emulators are entirely legal and legitimate, and eveb essential.
Equating piracy with emulators is just nonsense from the publishing industry. If you own a game and a console its perfectly legal to rip the ROM to play on your own device. The games industry don't like that because they dont want you to own anything and just be paying serfs renting your console and games.
Emulators are used by people who pirate, but the illegal bit is the piracy not the emulator. And its worth remembering that piracy is a civil legal matter not criminal for individuals in most jurisdictions. The games industry (and lots of other IP holders) love to murky the water there too. There are certainly criminal organisations making money out of piracy but the end users are not criminals. And the "cost" is usually imagined and massively inflated - they talk about lost sales but there is no guarentee people who pirate would have spent a penny on the pirated content.