yinkadare said:
First off, I don't see what gives you the right to tell people that they should be sickened by this move. I make my own decisions. I don't need you to tell me how to live my life. Second, as a PS3 consumer I really could care less if it runs Linux or not. If this move will help prevent hackers from stealing my credit card information on PSN, then by all means do it. I'll gladly give up my consumer rights and let Sony take this feature away. Sony isn't doing this for no apparent reason. So I don't know why people should be sickened by it. Look, I understand a small minority of people may be angry because the remove of this feature, but if running Linux is the SOLE reason why they own a PS3, then they're free to get rid of their PS3 and go buy a PC. There are not millions of PS3 owners out there who are going to lose sleep over this. This is no different than when Microsoft removed SMTP and POP3 server support from the IIS in Windows Vista via Windows Update because of possible security risks. Do I have any grounds to sue Microsoft because they removed a functionality that is listed in the user manual and thus violating my consumer rights?
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You're absolutely correct, I have no right in telling people they should be sickened by this move, hence I said should. It is the keyword of that phrase, don't ignore it. But you still missed the point(s).
A) There is absolutely NO evidence that states having the Other OS could somehow compromise your credit card info. Sony didn't say this whatsoever, but merely tried to imply it with wording. Most likely, they are just trying to deter piracy.
B) Just because you don't care for the feature doesn't mean you can't find it gross (as in the way this situation is being dealt with). It's pretty self-centered to only think the things you care about matter.
C) Why are you bringing MS into this? This is about Sony, if you want to rant on MS, that's for another time and place. Or at least place
It's okay if you want to give up your consumer rights for something you know little about. You know little about it because Sony won't really say anything specific. That's your right, you can give up your rights if you so choose.
@joeorc,
Yes, we're not talking about why they did it, that's pretty clear, even if they didn't come out to say it directly. And most (keyword @yinkadare) people agree that this morally wrong. But most people just don't care. Apathy, it's the greatest "illness" of our time. They figure "well it doesn't affect me, so it doesn't really matter" but it does matter. The more things like this happen with no recourse on our part (our being the consumers), the more companies will pull stuff like this, and eventually without good cause.
I think some people have misread what I said. I'm not saying it was DEFINITELY illegal, I just think it could be illegal, only a court will be able to actually decide.
@Darc Requiem,
Yeah -.- I'm giving up after this post
