| joeorc said: it was already Open..that's why Linux was there in the first place! "I hate closed hardware and I think any company that does should just go burn. So I really see absolutely no problem with unlocking the PS3 fully." an see exactly that is the problem: opening up a system to allow piracy of their property is going to happen, but when your software sales are not large on a game by game basis, than that become's a problem. you say open up thing's for fun? that's like saying stealing is just for fun? it does matter to the people that invest more money to make those game's how would you feel if you seen 4+ million copy's of your game stolen?
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Opening up the system wasn't to pirate anything, it was because opening up the system allows for many things to be done, one of them is piracy, yes. The moment I got my android phone I rooted it, why? Because I like to do things to my hardware and I don't like to be impeded by bullshit. I am not doing anything illegal on it, though tethering is skirting the ToS a bit, and nor do I plan to, but I like to do things with my hardware and put it to good use. I don't see who the fuck the companies I bought the hardware from are to tell me what I can and cannot do with something I paid for. It's my hardware from the moment they got my money and they can go fuck off and leave me to do my business with my property.
You are also implying that piracy is theft, which it isn't. There's a very clear cut definition it falls under in some countries, copyright infringement, and not teft. Also, Netherlands actually did a study showing that piracy doesn't have any negative effects on an industry, might be beneficial to the overall economy even.
I also couldn't help but laugh aloud at the absolutely abysmal analogy I bolded for you. Yoour definitions of teft seem to be extremely warped and you seem to be very close minded about these issues.
