i do think Anbernic should find another way, like stop providing roms altogether, stop just in certain countries, or provide roms only through convoluted routes(chain of custody) online or on physical media.

but i can’t fault them for trying to make it easy for consumers to get roms.

noobs and Normies rarely have enough tech skills to dump/rip their own cartridges and discs, nor piracy knowledge to safely access rom sites.

so the customer base for emulator hardware is more or less physically (i.e. by inescapable barriers) constrained from the beginning. it’s fundamentally different than making an emulator software and releasing on github or play store. they have to pay weekly/monthly wages so they have to get customers by any means necessary reasonable. the line of reasonableness has to be adaptable.