u/wedditasap

I was a Patreon sub couple years ago for some analogue pocket dabbling but haven't really been for a while and to my recollection not at all for mister.

I have read some mixed things about their DRM practices:

1- if I unsubscribe down the road, do existing cores I downloaded still work? They do with Jotego as long as you keep the key and do not update them anymore. Seems this is tied specifically to hardware device ID though and more than just dropping a zip in mame folder.

2- Is it really only tied to one mister device? Even true if I unsubscribe and use the expired ones, assuming it works like Jotego's?

3- Can you unsubscribe and re-subscribe down the road if their output is lacking for several months or just tight on funds? I like supporting good dev work, but I can't be a Patreon sub person of like too many people at any given time - paralysis of subscriptions. I've also heard they ban people for being vocal about DRM practices and other things quite easily, so don't want to cause myself to get banned but I dont know if I can commit to a lifetime of having a sub with them (but surely plan to subscribe more than just one month and bail).

TIA. Not intended to cause drama / just get answers.

Have Mister Pi and DE10 OG with usb hub and analog io board and keeping it that way as a CRT floater but main stay in my living room hooked up to RT4K and a big OLED screen.

Mister Pi is for dual ram / experimental cores (jaguar + Saturn performance edge) bedroom.

I have a hankering for a third mister... dont ask why :P

would you get QMtech or SS1 whenever another wave of that comes up and why?

QMTech with dual ram would make it only such that I have microUSB since the 4 USB are part of the analog board.

SS1 has 128MB and no upgradability at all, but given I already have a dual ram setup it's probably fine.

SS1 obviously looks cool, but the metal case of QMtech seems pretty nice too. Would get a power switch to not always pull on the barrel plug.

Anyways WWYD and why?

Explain which you’d go with and why

Coming from an 8/256 15” MBA M2

Screen and amount of ports was never an issue with MBA. I’ve also had MBP but not since the no Touch Bar 2016 13” model right when they changed styles.

I want to use a bu40n with a laptop but didn’t realize 9.5 enclosures exist thst play friendly with these. Any general recommendations ? thanks