Popular PlayStation 1 emulator may receive no further Android updates

Duckstation on Android may be DOA. 

The popular PlayStation 1 emulator may no longer receive updates for its Android port, at least not officially. The developer behind the project, a controversial figure known as Stenzek, stated in a Discord chat that he didn't want to provide further updates. Stenzek also claimed that Android users "told [him] they don't want updates" (although this claim is dubious at best). 

Stenzek has stirred the pot in the past by restricting package creation on Linux and threatening to end Linux support for Duckstation entirely. Claiming that he was "sick of the headaches and hacks for an operating system that only compromises 2% of the userbase," Stenzek requested that the Arch User Repository (AUR) package for Duckstation be pulled since he did not create or support it. 

Now it seems the official Android version is also on the chopping block. Stenzek told an inquisitive user on Discord that he had neither "the time nor energy to do something [he'll] mostly get negativity for" when asked when the next Android update would be pushed. As such, it appears that Stenzek may no longer offer updates for the Android version of Duckstation.

Stenzek's comments further fuel the fire of discussion within the emulation community. Most emulators are open-source and (as a consequence) free of charge to users, but users continue to demand updates and added features to what are mostly hobbies and passion projects.

It should be noted that while Duckstation was once open-source under the GPLv3 license, it is no longer. The emulator is currently registered under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, which means it cannot be used commercially and that no modifications or derivative works are allowed. In open-source terms, this license prevents the emulator from being forked, at least officially.