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Nintendo Wipes Out 400+ Switch Emulator Repos in Single-Day GitHub Sweep * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
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[โ€“] filcuk@feddit.uk 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] warm@kbin.earth 1 points 23 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.