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especially true for when manufacturers stop supporting the console you invested into, stops making replacement parts, issuing security patches, etc. Having the ability to make, repair and use copies of the games you purchase is critical to digital preservation.
But let's be real though. Getting a car and driving it a crowd on purpose is an extraordinarily small percentage of car users. You can't say the same about emulation. A torrent site I frequent has 28000 downloads of Smash Bros Ultimate. I don't believe for a second there are 28000 broken copies people are trying to replace.
Don't get me wrong, I love emulation. It has huge benefits! Access to out of print games, higher framerates and resolutions. But I'm not going to pretend piracy isn't a massive component of it, particularly on current gen systems.
You're either missing the crux of the argument entirely somehow, or your rebuttal is complete shit on purpose.
None of your points are the fault of Yuzu's creators.
Just like: gun manufacturers cannot be sued for school shootings, Salinger couldn't be held liable for the frequency his seminal work was found in psychopaths' belongings, and Oscar Meyer isn't at fault when you lost a non-zero amount of their meat products up your ass. Just sayin'.