here's a recommendation:
if you own a 3ds (including new 3ds xl, 2ds, etc)
install a custom firmware and homebrew
and make backups of your library
it's perfectly legal to make and use roms as long as you don't redistribute them
here is why:
one day, your 3ds will die
one day, your cartridges will die
all of these servers will die
one day, nintendo will stop existing (this is somewhat besides the point, but still)
emulation is how we preserve games
and it's not just for you; sure maybe you won't ever want to go back to the first luigi's mansion
but maybe your kids will (passing down ownership, if you insist on caring this deeply about copyright)
there are so many things like this
even if you don't care about game preservation as a whole, there are plenty of personal reasons to keep at least the good stuff around
and you already know what the good stuff for you is!
the step beyond this, of course, is wider preservation, and perhaps redistribution once it becomes legal (copyright expires / nintendo goes bankrupt / library-like "borrowing" schemes that work fine for ebooks)
but I'm not asking you to do any of that
make the backups
for yourself
you can even just keep them on a bigass microsd card 😄
@beardalaxy They keep on promoting the idea of a sharing economy (you will own nothing and you will be happy). One of those ideas is to get rid of car ownership and replace it with ride sharing services powered by self-driving cars. I find it Orwellian as fuck because they are going to use it as a way to restrict places where you can go to.
I still want the option to drive and actually own my car because it's much more convenient for me than to rely on something like this.
@Moon Also, if you are pro-mask, touching your eyes and ears makes you look like a hypocrite.
@beardalaxy Electric cars are just going to lead to self-driving cars (through ride sharing services like Uber) because even the people pushing them admit that they are not enough.