Skyline is the most popular Nintendo Switch emulator out there for Android has ceased to exist. This was announced by its developers on the official website after confirming that the continuous pressure that Nintendo is exerting on similar projects has forced them to stop the development process of the application indefinitely.
Rooting out the problem
Although the people of Skyline have not received any cease and desist letters from Nintendo, the real threat comes after seeing how the giant did directly attack the team of lockpicka tool in charge of extract keys from nintendo switch to be able to run private copies of the games.
The funny thing is that Lockpick never shared illegal copies of games or anything similar, but Nintendo is based on the fact that the application’s techniques directly violate the intellectual property of its copy protection systemfor which they immediately requested the cessation of the application, or else they would take legal action.
A collapsing house of cards
With the cancellation of Lockpick, the rest of the developers around the console scene have quickly seen how their jobs were in jeopardy. Being directly related to the keys, many are already taking the necessary step to avoid problems, and that is just what they have decided to do in the Skyline team.
With a farewell letter, the team has announced that they have Completely halted development of Skyline to avoid serious legal problems, and they make it clear that they understood that key extraction was a legal practice, so they never thought that they were doing something that violated the law (in short, what their tool allows is to execute private copies that a user owns their games).
What does the future hold?
Right now the situation is quite worrisome. Skyline will not be released again, leaving only readable repositories and incomplete source code from their creators. The app won’t build or release new versions, and they don’t plan to get back to work considering the situation as is.
In this way, Nintendo has scored an important goal in terms of the safety of its products, since it has managed to end the swarm of wasps with a single blow, and everything indicates that the tranquility will be maintained for a good time. Will it also affect the famous PC tools like Yuzu or Ryujinx? We’ll see if the issue continues to bring new victims along the way.
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Via: Android Authority
