| Adjudicator said: Does anyone have any theories or evidence to suggest that this was done for any other reason than anti piracy. I see some users asking what if they stop you from playing games or watching Blu Ray movies. This to me makes no sense as it's all about money and those things would cause them to lose money. Piracy causes them to lose money. Whether or not it sets a precedent is irrelevant. The onus is on you the consumer to exercise your rights. So again I ask, is there any other reason. Sometimes you have to step away from the cold hard facts and start using some common sense. |
No one has really thought of much beyond an anti-piracy reason, though I think one person took "security risk" to mean that their credit cards (that are saved/used on the PS3) could be hacked, but that's something else I think. Granted, I know very little about hacking, but I don't think the installation of Linux or Ubuntu would open the system up to that sort of threat, nor do I think if there is such a threat, the removal of the Other OS option would really protect you anyways. Unless there is some serious flaw where someone could log into another OS on a PS3 and somehow tap into your PS3 that way, but I'm not sure that's the issue.
It would be pretty far-fetched if so, but then again, after Sony's recent blunder with the time-clock date thing, I wouldn't be surprised if there was something in there. But it's odd at the timing, shortly after Geohot breaks in through Linux, they remove the Other OS option. It just seems that an anti-piracy reason makes the most sense with the information we have.
I've checked a couple of other forums, the general consensus is anti-piracy, but I'm curious too on if there are other possible explanations. I wouldn't expect any evidence though, just theories.
