The two developers behind Azahar have announced that they’re dropping official support for Anbernic retro handhelds, following the company’s decision to promote its upcoming 3DS-esque dual screen RG DDS using AzaharPlus, an unofficial fork of the 3DS emulator.
I spoke at length with Azahar’s two lead developers, OpenSauce and PabloMK7, some time ago for a separate interview, and looking back through their answers, I realized a few were particularly relevant to what’s happening now. I’ve included some of those comments in this article, alongside a look at what prompted the decision, the differences between Azahar and AzaharPlus, and what it might mean for Anbernic owners.
Again, this is a much, much shorter ‘article’ than my usual work, so it is on my NeoCities page/experiment this time, rather than my usual site :)
I don’t think it’s hypocritical to ask for money to develop an emulator. There is nothing wrong with this to me. Regardless who said it or says it, that’s not the point. But distributing hardware with an Open source project that can emulate, and put Roms and sell this for money is nor just morally wrong, but also illegal. Usually emulator developers want to distance themselves from this, because its illegal and also their project and work would be associated with the illegal activity. There is nothing hypocritical about that.
And that’s a general stance I have, not just about Anbernic or Azahar+ or anyone else, its a general statement by me.
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I think the only wrong doing is Anbernic here, otherwise I don’t see anything wrong (maybe I overlooked something).