Oh wow, someone did their research on me. SaltFW exists because I wanted it to exist. I'm just stepping into 3DS development. I have solved all the problems that there ever was with SaltFW. I may release hotfixes, but they will be shortly after a release, and they are LTS versions, meaning I won't have to update that version until something really good shows up. Also, Aurora Wright did fix the payload chainloading code after I posted that, so damn me, I'm a horrible human being for pointing out the flaws.
HOTFIX: I forgot to mention that this is a nice list (not because it includes SaltFW), because it actually presents the choices people have in a nice and clean manner. Thanks
@Crystal the Glaceon for the nice thread.
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