> > That decision at the end of the day is upto the "users" they'll make an informed > > choice > > around which builds they want to use on their own devices. > > It's been clear where you stand after years of your posts, but I should be equally > clear: By and large, users don't make anything even remotely resembling an "informed > choice". > > In actual fact, users go for what they perceive as the path of both least resistance > and maximal ignorance. In most cases, that seems to be ancient versions of MAME > bundled with ROMs that they find on this or that torrent site, or whatever combo is > being peddled by the latest and not-so-greatest fly-by-night websites that post > individual ROM sets up for download. > > These users neither know nor care about the overall aims of the MAME project > throughout the years, nor about the development process, nor the rationale behind the > decisions made. They care about one thing, being able to play old games for free. > > In fact, you can see it all over Reddit release threads and right here at home on > MAMEWorld: If you actually try to inform users as to the overall lay of the land, > what they stand to benefit by upgrading, and what they're missing out on by using a > decades-old build, not only do they not care, they quite often react with outward > hostility to the person trying to educate them: The person laboring to help them be > truly capable of making the "informed decision" that you refer to. > > At the end of the day, it's not my business to judge what version of MAME a user > happens to find most appropriate for their use case. But when those users become not > just hostile, but openly abusive, towards the people who actually make things happen, > the people who actually enable these users to relive their childhoods, for simply > having the downright audacity to educate and inform them, then I will happily judge > the lot. > > So many of you on here love to clutch at your pearls when MAMEdevs lash back after > brooking years upon years of abuse for having the temerity to not do exactly what you > want, it's nauseating. At times I feel like an abused wife, being expected to bow and > scrape in obsequiousness, to cook and clean exactly to the husband's liking, while > getting a slap or a black eye for the apparent injustice of serving him a steak > that's two degrees too hot, or god forbid, two degrees too cold. It's sick.
Well actually it might not be clear where i stand as funny enough i do not disagree with anything you said above, i just feel legal action to enforce a GPL licence in instances where no one is seeking to profit from the work of MAME DEV might be not the best course of action.
So that and another bee i have in my bonnet which i will not air on here are the only two areas i might have a differing opinion from the dev team and general users on here per say.
Anyway take care of yourself and keep well.
Arcade Addict
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