Ah! Well, that certainly is interesting… Thank you for the clues, always nice to have something to hope for/look forward to.

I figure at the very least, a VR-based emulator could do it (but I’m sadly almost certainly not able to use VR, the few times I’ve used it there’s a 50/50 chance of severe nausea to the point of being immobilized for like an hour or more).

I don’t think so, but I think pessimism has merged with realism. Perhaps we all just agree that for 2026 tech companies, whatever the question is, the correct answer will be whatever’s the worst decision for the public.

Edit: Dude, just FYI since maybe you don’t realize we can see downvotes: if you downvote everyone responding to you even in good faith, nobody will want to respond to you.

Thanks, that was a nice read. Sorry, I’m catching up on 3DS emulation, but is it correct there is no way currently to emulate the namesake feature of the 3DS, the stereoscopic 3D?

I was hoping that would pop up in your questions about hardware now being custom built for emulation. I know few people heavily used the 3D feature, but to me it’s surprising that is so overlooked by hardware makers and emulation gamers alike.

Not trying to be argumentative or pedantic, but:

1. There are eleven states (California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Washington), covering around 1/3rd of the US population with all-party-consent wiretap laws.
2. States have slightly different wording, but like hidden camera statutes, it typically applies to electronically recorded communications and not just telecommunications.
3. That isn’t really correct. I assume you’re talking about the exception where there is no expectation of privacy. There are separate hidden camera laws that require disclosure at times even in public places, and even for wiretap some statutes are written in such a way that even public places with semi-private areas (e.g., a separated dinner table at a restaurant where your conversation may not be heard by others) may still support an expectation of privacy.

In all, since wiretap statutes are criminal statutes and Meta executives in theory could be charged if Meta is not only enabling but also directly receiving recordings from users, it’s a pretty crazy risk they’re taking.

So how about those state all-party-consent wiretap laws?