So Long, Gary Bowser

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GANON1025
11/02/2021
11:59 PM
#1
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/11/switch-hacking-group-leader-gary-bowser-agrees-to-pay-nintendo-usd4-5-million

https://imgur.com/G17qCv1
CaptainOfCrush
11/03/2021
12:01 AM
#2
I can't stop chuckling
Yoblazer
https://imgur.com/gByqgPg
LeonhartFour
11/03/2021
12:02 AM
#3
fungah foiled again
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Crescent-Moon
11/03/2021
12:02 AM
#4
I saw the headline "Bowser pleads guilty" earlier but I didn't click it.
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Raka_Putra
11/03/2021
12:03 AM
#5
Since the president of Nintendo of America is Doug Bowser...

Maybe in a decade or two we'll see a Bowser vs. Bowser film based on this event. Like Kramer vs. Kramer.
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Ngamer64
11/03/2021
01:25 AM
#6
Good God, these Bowsers just can't stop working for, and then against, Mario.

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banananor
11/03/2021
03:16 AM
#7
I'm extremely pro jailbreaking, so I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be happy about this

Presumably his tools were used to ruin competitive games or something, which would be bad
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Dedf1sh
11/03/2021
07:48 AM
#8
banananor posted...
I'm extremely pro jailbreaking, so I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be happy about this
You don't think that selling hacked systems for profit should be bad?

How many cfw apps come with a disclaimer like "this software is free, do not pay money for it"? This guy was exploiting that.
BlAcK TuRtLe
11/03/2021
09:11 AM
#9
I was really confused when I saw this because I couldn't remember Doug Bowser's first name
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Johnbobb
11/03/2021
09:16 AM
#10
BlAcK TuRtLe posted...
I was really confused when I saw this because I couldn't remember Doug Bowser's first name

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Mac Arrowny
11/03/2021
09:41 AM
#11
Why is Switch emulation so good? Because the Yuzu team is making $20K a month on Patreon, of course.
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trdl23
11/03/2021
10:06 AM
#12
BlAcK TuRtLe posted...
I was really confused when I saw this because I couldn't remember Doug Bowser's first name

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BlueCrystalTear
11/03/2021
10:55 AM
#13
he probably should get high on mushrooms
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banananor
11/03/2021
11:02 AM
#14
Dedf1sh posted...
You don't think that selling hacked systems for profit should be bad?

How many cfw apps come with a disclaimer like "this software is free, do not pay money for it"? This guy was exploiting that.
Wait, they were reselling physical systems and not just software?

So it's kind of like buying a car, souping it up with a more powerful engine or transmission, then reselling it?
You did indeed stab me in the back. However, you are only level one, whilst I am level 50. That means I should remain uninjured.
BlAcK TuRtLe
11/03/2021
11:59 PM
#15
As I understand it, the issue here is they were selling the units with ROMs loaded on them.

Making an Emulator is not illegal, and neither is modding your console.
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Maniac64
11/04/2021
08:28 AM
#16
banananor posted...
Wait, they were reselling physical systems and not just software?

So it's kind of like buying a car, souping it up with a more powerful engine or transmission, then reselling it?
More like buying a car adding a bunch of non-street legal upgrades and then selling it.
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-hotdogturtle--
11/04/2021
09:58 AM
#17
banananor posted...
Wait, they were reselling physical systems and not just software?

So it's kind of like buying a car, souping it up with a more powerful engine or transmission, then reselling it?
It says that they sold "illegal hacking devices", which I'll admit that I misread as "hacked devices" when I saw the article yesterday. But in the end, isn't it essentially the same anyway? Whether they sold software to assist with hacking, hardware to assist with hacking, or pre-hacked systems, they're still profiting from programs that other hackers released for free, which is extremely scummy even if you're pro-hacking. They're the type of people that those disclaimers are written about.
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banananor
11/04/2021
08:18 PM
#18
yeah, licenses are kind of a big deal among the open source community, although i can't remember the last time a case was pursued

i suppose the way to do it legally is to sell a device that has a button to download and install the software yourself

it makes sense that they got in trouble for selling the ROMs
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