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Forums - Sony Discussion - Geohot Pleading with Community for Donations in PS3 Jailbreak Case

Doobie_wop on 20 February 2011
HKN said:

His ego caused all this , he could of posted anonymously and sony wouldn't know who to go after. The guy bullshits aswell anyone remember that post about how he doesn't care about privacy on the ps3 because it only hurts the big guys? he deleted it now tho. Anyone have a link to it?

 

He knew what he was getting himself into .


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I'm less opposed to piracy on the PS3 as I am on the iPhone. Obviously, it must not hurt the game manufacturers that bad, or they wouldn't continue to release PC versions of games. And if a modchip is required, that will eliminate a huge chunk of would be pirates. If you are willing to open up your system, learn some electronics, and solder, perhaps you deserve free games. I hate the tools who download blackra1n then ask me where their free apps are, and wish Apple had better DRM, which none of the top guys in the iPhone scene would touch.

Was that what you were look for?

Also, VGChartz is bugging out, because it's telling me someone quoted me, but the threads not giving me any indication that that's true.



Bet with Conegamer and AussieGecko that the PS3 will have more exclusives in 2011 than the Wii or 360... or something.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3879752

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Signalstar on 20 February 2011

Of all the things I could donate my money to, his cause would be the last behind such initiatives as Bringing Back Polio nad resurrecting Disco.



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dahuman on 20 February 2011
huaxiong90 said:
dahuman said:
Xen said:
kowenicki said:
dahuman said:

I'm donating, I didn't jailbreak my PS3 nor do I plan to in the future, the point here is not piracy. He was the one that jail broke the iphone resulting in making my life a ton better and I have never done any piracy on Cydia or the Apple store products. He's giving people an option to explore the hardware, how they want to use it is their own business, that's what being in the US is all about, freedom, yet coporations want to change the rules and the playfield and take our freedom away by limiting the things we can do to something we fucking shelled out a good amount of money for. Too many people are just thinking that this is a piracy stunt and are completely missing the fucking point.


spot on.

Yes and no.

He's gullible in thinking that people will do good with said codes... while exploring the hardware is nice, yeah, the absolute majority uses his discovery to do malicious whatever... I've been following the stuff, and so far, nothing of real helpful use has even begun development.  By nature, people are bad IMO. This is why all this shit is happening instead of anyone getting useful programs.

I can't beleive that he believes that what he has done will have major benefit... he gave the monkey a grenade, pretty much.

 Sony can ban all the fuckers that cheat or pirate, I don't give a rat's ass about that part at all, their fear is that their business model would be crushed by it and they should indeed do something about it, but this is not the fucking answer.

It sure doesn't seem like there is a means of getting rid of them completely now that the door is blown wide open (with the talk of them unbanning themselves and the sort)...now if Geohot and his team had taken requests from the community as to what homebrew apps they would like instead of just exposing the files for everyone to "use for themselves", I'd have no issue with that.

But to compromise PSN to prove a point...no sympathy from me.

If it was a PC, I could just join a secure lobby, or with a host that I trust. This is different.

Unless you'd like to explain?

a closed and controlled "homebrew" environment? .................................. sigh....

again, the point is not piracy or cheating, you are still missing the big picture. If you've really read all I've typed, then you know that it's not really just about the PS3, PSN, or Sony. It really is much bigger than that. People are getting butt hurt and blinded by a gaming console and can't see beyond that apparently.



dahuman on 20 February 2011
Doobie_wop said:
kowenicki said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
kowenicki said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Porcupine_I said:

great idea! ask the people for money who are too cheap to buy their games

This. Look at the size of his computer room. He is so underprivaliged that he had to hack just to play his games. I feel nothing for him. Also, with him pleading to those like him is the surest way to see not a dime come his way. I mean, why would they give him a dime when they dont pay a dime for games? In the words of PC gamers and Hackers everywhere, "You're expensive! DENIED!"


if you think this guy explores hacking to enjoy pirated games then you are severly mistaken.  Is your hatred based on envy of his wealth?


lol no. I have enough money for myself. Anyone who has shouldn't get in the way of others who create and try to make a living for themselves. This is my point. I play for my games and I pay for them. SImple concept.


you still dont understand what this guy is about...


Can you explain what he is about? What are his reasons? So far, all I've noticed is a whole bunch of bragging and then back peddling when he gets called out. His a 21 year old guy who's looking for an ego boost at any oppurtunity he can get and the only quality he seems to have is that he can hack stuff. If he wasn't such an ass, then he would have leaked the master keys anonymously and avoided this whole situation, but he wanted to be the big man and now Sonys going to bankrupt him into Oblivion. 

He isn't 'about' anything. He just doesn't give a shit and now that his realised that he can't hide behind the internet, he has to face the harsh consequences. He isn't anti-piracy, pro Linux, pro consumerism, he just cares about himself and spouts a whole lot of saint like rubbish to attract the pirates, anti corporatists and hackers, mainly so they can all talk about how evil Sony is, while patting each other on the back.

If you can, please tell me what Geohot is about and what were his motives for trying to hack the PS3 from the beginning.


Who gives a shit on what he's about? The point is Sony shouldn't win this shit. Why do you need to know what he's about in order to know what Sony is trying to do or what the case is about or the consequences followed by it to us consumers should they win? I don't know Geohot personally nor do I give a shit about ever knowing him, I simply think outside of the tiny box that a lot of people are stuck in.



Icyedge on 20 February 2011
huaxiong90 said:

With all the news about the recent hacks floating around? You wanted to do things for yourself, you keep the sensitive info to yourself. All the bad stuff came only when you exposed the files.

I don't care what happens to him, honestly.

 

Exactly. It baffles me he dont recognize that. He can do what he wants with his hardware, the problem start when he post the how to and files on the internet.



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Jay520 on 20 February 2011

If Geohot wins, will PS3 online play be better of worse?

That's all I care about.



huaxiong90 on 20 February 2011
dahuman said:

a closed and controlled "homebrew" environment? .................................. sigh....

again, the point is not piracy or cheating, you are still missing the big picture. If you've really read all I've typed, then you know that it's not really just about the PS3, PSN, or Sony. It really is much bigger than that. People are getting butt hurt and blinded by a gaming console and can't see beyond that apparently.

And that's the problem. You THINK I don't know what you're talking about, but I do. And I'm ready to answer to invasions on my privacy with my wallet. I'll gladly smash my PS3 or any other system I own to smithereens if they use this to start imposing strict laws regarding how I use my stuff.

As for a closed and controlled homebrew environment...if it means keeping it out of the wrong hands, it's better than nothing. Maybe when Sony ensures a secure online network, it wouldn't be so bad. Until then, no thank you.

But of course, people think it's either you're with, or against. Apparently there can't be an in-between.



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adriane23 on 20 February 2011

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M.U.G.E.N on 20 February 2011

lol pathetic and amusing :D take the idiot to cleaners sony...and yea sony's legal team must be loving this...



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Rafux on 20 February 2011

Better ask Microsoft.