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Nintendo Wipes Out 400+ Switch Emulator Repos in Single-Day GitHub Sweep * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
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[–] warm@kbin.earth 64 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Github =/= git.

Just stop using Github already.

[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 hours ago

and also we have a generic term for GitHub like things, they are called forges, in this case (GitHub) it is a forge for git (the underlying SVC powering it) only

[–] filcuk@feddit.uk 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I am not so sure this situation would be much better on other services. Nintendo could steamroll smaller companies.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 1 points 16 hours ago

You can host it on servers outside of their jurisdiction or with laws that better protect or prevent companies abuse. Anyone can host git is the point, you dont have to use GitHub.