Sony's Removal of "Other OS" May Be Against EU Law

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mirgro said:

Khuutra said:

Tridrakious said:
It's Sony's machine. Technically they can do whatever they with it. By playing it, you've agreed to their Terms and Services.

While it sucks that Sony is taking away a feature from the system. GET OVER IT!

Again: if the ToS go against trade laws, then the ToS is not valid.

I don't know if it's actually against trade laws, but the EULA and the ToS won't mean diddly poop if they go against EU law.

What a voice of reason in the thread.

I don't think people realize that what SONY is doing is a horrible practice. I am willing to bet my ass on the line that if SONY said tomorrow "We're gonna remove the ability of the PS3 to play games." Most of you will start bitching about it, well on this stie everyone will spin it like it's amazing and how it should be done, but enough digressing. Removing the Linux capability is the exact same thing as removing the ability to play games or run Bluray discs.

While the cell processor was not all that great for video games, it's absolutely amazing for outright brute force calculations? As such, the PS3 is a far better machine for computing and data centers than a gaming device. The linux allowed all that to be used, and I am betting my left nut that there are people who are indeed using the PS3 as such. Now they will be all screwed.

no, it isn't the same, it is a ridiculous extreme and any argument dependent on extremes is inherently a flawed argument.  logic dictates that.  of course, you have to ignore the fact that Sony isn't removing the ability, the user is removing the ability by voluntarily downloading an optional update.

the user is more than entitled to continue to use his machine as is as it functions today without any additional features Sony provides to increase the efficency and performance of the machine.  but you don't have to upgrade your machine and are more than welcome to maintain it in its current form if it suits your needs.