Piracy utilities do nasty stuff to your system all the time, they're buggy, and they brick lots of people's Wiis. I'm talking about safety-critical bugs here.
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Loaders, besides typically illegal (they like to ship around chunks of IOS), are very dodgy and unreliable. System modification is required to install loaders, so it's an inherently risky activity.
That is simply not true at all. Loaders do not contain illegal stuff. They are 100% legit applications like any other applications that uses open source code. marcan just doesnt like them, but that doesnt make them illegal. Where is the proof that WiiFlow, CFG-loader, USB-Loader GX and other loaders contain illegal stuff? And they are not risky at all. All what it takes to run backups on the Wii is an IOS with patched modules installed in a free slot. Nothing risky there. I think the HBC with its current Network init issue is a much bigger risk than cIOS files and loaders.
DeadlyFoez said:
QUOTEWaninkoko has repeatedly violated licenses and stolen code from others (first me, then bushing, then kwiirk with the USB stuff, as well as lots of other random bits and pieces) all while doing an insignificant amount of research and actual work himself [...]