Emulation itself doesn’t constitute piracy.

Now, it does facilitate it because all you need is a ROM from any source.

However, saying emulators should be prosecuted for it would be the same as arguing that Steam’s Proton should be banned because you can launch pirated games through it.

The real perpetrators are those who distribute pirated content. But going against those would be much more difficult, so they target emulators instead.

It’s more convenient than dragging a cursor across the screen. Works especially great with a 360° hinge.

Have you ever built PCs? Macs are significantly more expensive for the same spec

The rest I agree with, it doesn’t help that Windows has been steadily going downhill with each new version…