r/macgaming • u/kikimaru024 • 15h ago

Discussion Sunsetting decomp.dev

https://decomp.dev/
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u/CodingPandemonium 13h ago

I had no idea this even existed, but cool that it did. Totally understand why you’re sunsetting it. Thanks for what you and community have done.

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u/cefege 4h ago

This sunset post is the exact reason I’m launching recomphub.com.

We are on complete opposite sides of this spectrum. While you see AI and fast-tracked recompilation as the end of an era, I see it as the ultimate gateway for game preservation and access. There has literally never been a better time to enjoy games on all platforms.

Instead of gatekeeping the process or trying to preserve a slow, manual grind, we should embrace AI fully. Let the technology do the heavy lifting, accelerate ports to every device possible, and let the users themselves decide what meets their quality standards.

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u/itsmeemilio 3h ago

Not sure if OP the same person who wrote the 'Sunsetting decomp...' but the whole thing reads as salty.

It even ends saying you can't use any code from their site: "No. decomp.dev's repository has never had an open source license, and I continue to reserve all rights to the (entirely human written) code. Any replica must not use decomp.dev's code in any form."

Like bffr and be happy the area of research you contributed to has had an inflection point.

It'd be like if the person who wrote a game by hand in the early 90s got annoyed that suddenly UE1 showed up and access to game making was now democratized

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u/smii77y 32m ago

respect. i've been looking for a central source of info for decompilation projects, and if OP isn't willing to adapt to the times i'm glad someone is.

side tangent: i can understand OP's reasoning, but ultimately it's pretty brain dead and i think it comes from a place of deep emotional affliction. objectively they should be happy that decompilation has exploded in popularity, even if they view it as "lazy". any publicity is good publicity. if someone wants to still decompile things the old way, literally nobody is stopping them, so why act like this is the end of everything for decompilation projects? come on now