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

[r505Matt]

joeorc said:

Damnyouall said:
Do I have to spell everything out for you? Obviously the blog is there to keep the complaints in one place rather than have people complain everywhere. You have to pretty gullible to belive Sony would return Other OS just because people complain; after all we did complain and they removed it anyway.

And about your above quote, do you even read what you post?
"It is quite possible someone will package this attack into a modchip since the glitch, while somewhat narrow, does not need to be very precisely timed. With a microcontroller and a little analog circuitry for the pulse, this could be quite reliable. However, it is more likely that a software bug will be found after reverse-engineering the dumped hypervisor and that is what will be deployed for use by the masses."

Once an exploit is found, the Other OS won't be needed to use it. That's why those of us who get it (apparently a minority) say that it makes absolutely no sense to remove it at this point.

so if it does not matter to complain, because Sony removed it anyway, why would it matter to have all the complaints all over the place, unless you want to draw more attention to the matter and apply pressure to sony for what?

what compensation would you want?

your money back?

maybe that would be something Sony would like to know if you don't post it how do they know what you want!

do not worrying about posting a response, it's clear your here to keep the complaint going on an on in this thread, no one here can help you on this so just keep going.

I am out of this thread/

peace

Consolidating complaints is a GREAT tool for damage control. If you know ANYTHING about business, this would be easy to understand. People will still complain everywhere but not as much, which reduces the spread of negative word of mouth. Very good idea on Sony's part for the "tell them what you want"blog.

OT: I'm pretty sure this firmware update constitutes false advertising. Regardless of the reason (preventing piracy supposedly, but it won't even do that), you can't offer a feature, advertise it, and then remove it. ToS/EULA and whatnot cannot go against consumer protection laws or trade laws. There are firms that were already preparing for a class-action lawsuit a few days, so we'll be hearing about them soon enough. 

I'm kind of shocked to see that so few people seem to understand this. Some people have said this but it is again.

Tos/EULA cannot set contractual bounds outside of the law. Period. Just because it's in the ToS does not make it legal.

I also don't care for the feature, but it's gross that a company can remove an advertised feature, and people cheer them for it.