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r505Matt on 05 April 2010
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yinkadare said:
r505Matt said:
 

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.

 

A) Neither is there evidence that states having other OS could NEVER somehow compromise my credit card info.  So I rather err on the side of caution.

B) I don't find it gross because I never liked the feature to begin with.  So I'm glad they removed that capability.  It's also pretty self-centered to think that maybe there are people out there who does not like that function and would rather have it taken out.

C) I'm not ranting about MS whatsoever.  Just using Windows as an example because they routinely remove or strip down functionality if it can cause potential security risks or instablity.  I'm a full supporter of what they do.  If it makes the OS more stable and more secured, by all means do it. 

Haha I was ready to stop, but I'll try to finish this up first.

A) It is generally accepted that the reason for the removal is simply to deter piracy. There is some supporting, coincidental evidence, but not enough to make it concrete. There is no concrete evidence since Sony is demonstrating fine non-transparency.

B) But that's not the point. I don't really like the feature either. It's just the concept of them taking away a fairly heavily advertised feature. I know there are people out there that don't care about the feature. As for disliking it, that's strange to me, it's one little button that does you no harm if you don't touch it. But don't just assume I haven't thought of that possibility.

C) The only difference here to me is that with Windows, since it is the most targetted operating system, it is more generally accepted that they do whatever they have to. And at the end of the day, most of us are pretty sure that the windows updates are for security reasons, not to stem the flow of piracy and not lose money. Though I will admit, anything is possible, and maybe Sony is just trying to prevent such a thing. Still, very few hackers are going to be interested in going after people's PSN accounts. They'll use their time more effectively through Windows.