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by neverendingsigh 1628 days ago
Behavioral standards within the Game Boy modding scene aren't great. Lots of other PCB projects (reverse engineering and original boards alike) have been stolen with credit stripped; novice end users demand Apple-level support for hobbyist projects regardless of what level of support the creator is able to provide, and for these full console PCB projects many people overestimate their ability to perform the necessary soldering (ask me about my OEM AGB firestarter...actually please don't).

None of these issues are unique to this scene but it's what we have to deal with. I'm not expressing this so that it can be debated, because I don't represent everyone's thoughts, but there is a fair amount of regular self-critique around these issues and our approaches.