The two developers behind Azahar have announced that they’re dropping official support for Anbernic retro handhelds, following the company’s decision to promote its upcoming 3DS-esque dual screen RG DDS using AzaharPlus, an unofficial fork of the 3DS emulator.
I spoke at length with Azahar’s two lead developers, OpenSauce and PabloMK7, some time ago for a separate interview, and looking back through their answers, I realized a few were particularly relevant to what’s happening now. I’ve included some of those comments in this article, alongside a look at what prompted the decision, the differences between Azahar and AzaharPlus, and what it might mean for Anbernic owners.
Again, this is a much, much shorter ‘article’ than my usual work, so it is on my NeoCities page/experiment this time, rather than my usual site :)
Oh wow. Bit of remark. I just figured out that Azahar+ is not even related to og Azahar other than being fork of it. This changes a lot tbh. But it even highlights Azahar devs in even worse light. Because instead of going scorched earth on Azahar+ devs for using their name, they decided to target Anbernic userbase.
They did nothing to the userbase, anbernic did by promoting unoriginal content
Why should they support a project for free when that project doesnt support them?
100% anbernic being twats here
Azahar+ is fork under gpl. Azahar devs have authority over their name, but instead of dealing with Azahar+ they went against Anbernic because they used software that they deemed easier to use. The Azahar devs actions directly are anticonsumer because they are not directed in any way against Anbernic as a company. Their actions though might hurt consumers that use Anbernic devices. As much as I don’t like Anbernic doing bs with preinstalling and promoting software. If Azahar really wanted to distance themselves from piracy looks of Azahar+ they should have demanded proper name change first. Then this situation would never occured in the first place. The point that at first I even got looped into all of this thinking Azahar+ is a premium option of Azahar is a perfect example of why name change would really matter here.