PS3 Firmware (v3.21) Update - No More Other OS Bia@tches

[WereKitten]

NJ5 said:

Spankey said:

true, but isn't there a clause in the ToS which says Sony reserves the right to add/remove features in the OS pretty much on a whim?

*tries to find*

Even if there is, that doesn't make it legal.

Otherwise they could write "by using the PS3 you agree to give us your life savings and your first-born son".

 

All national legislations state a set of customer rights that can not be overridden by a user license stipulation, which is why many of the Apple/MS/DRM shenanigans have limited legal meaning in many countries.

Still, if you bought a PS3 with the Linux feature you're not being forced to remove it. You'll just have to live with an old firmware, which incidentally means you won't have access to PSN. But I'm pretty sure they have clearly stated somewhere that you must keep your firmware up-to-date to have access to PSN, and that they are in no legal obligation to grant that free access all the time to every user.

Now, if you had a paid-for contract that granted you access to PSN and never cited the firmware then you might have a case, but as things stand, it doesn't look like it.

PS: this comes from a digruntled user of "Other OS", as I actually liked tinkering with my Linux installation.