this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2025
1671 points (99.6% liked)
Programmer Humor
20188 readers
1469 users here now
Welcome to Programmer Humor!
This is a place where you can post jokes, memes, humor, etc. related to programming!
For sharing awful code theres also Programming Horror.
Rules
- Keep content in english
- No advertisements
- Posts must be related to programming or programmer topics
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
As much as they love to sue people, I don't understand why Nintendo doesn't go after Apple for trademark infringement, so that they're forced to finally come up with a better method of storing folder attributes.
Because it's not marketed as a product. Apple isn't trademarking "DS".
Stop ruining my joke.
I'm pretty sure Apple has been using those files since before Nintendo released the DS.
This is probably not a relevant counter point, just a(n un)fun fact, but Nintendo put in a patent for throwing a capture ball at monsters after Pal World was released and Pal World has to change some stuff (though I'm not sure if they're doing it to avoid going to court because they're concerned or if they're being compelled).
And emulation is legal too, but that doesn't stop Nintendo.
Not sure they'd be stupid enough to go after someone as big as Apple though.