jake_the_fake1 said:
-Sony provides Linux option so those prone to hacking, have a legit means to run custom code on the PS3 via Linux = all Is good for the Sony and weekend programers.
-Geohot for some unknown reason wants to crack the PS3, which inevitably will result in pirated games, as has always been the case in the past, Geohot has no reason to try hack the PS3 as he could already run customer code via Linux the legit way.
-Sony responds to Geohot threat, and like Any company, Sony implemented a way of protecting their machine, it unfortunately meant the removal of the Other OS feature IF the user upgraded the FW to the latest one, it wasn't mandatory so the option was upto the user.
-PS3 Linux users get angry at Sony, while backing up Geohot.
-In reality PS3 Linux users should be angry with Geohot, if it weren't for his actions none of this would of happened, and the Others OS feature would have remained untouched.
The question to ask is not if Sony did the wrong thing, but rather to Ask if what Geohot did was right?
In reality anyone Backing Geohot is backing Piracy!!!
We as consumer who buy legit software are the one suffering with nasty DRM solutions, we're the ones having our features removed because of potential threats, all at the hands of pirates.
If it were not for pirates, their would be no real need for DRM, no need to remove features such as the Other OS on the PS3 as the threat would not be there in the 1st place to warrant such drastic reactions from Companies.
At the end of the day, the more Geohot and people like him try to fight the companies, the more we as consumers will suffer as a direct result of pirates.
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Geohot did not hack the PS3 for piracy, stop spreading FUD please. Other OS in standard form is still restricted access, the ability to have full access to all the SPE's and the GPU would open up some interesting possibilities from a emulation/mediaplayer point of view. Not everything is about piracy in the hacking world, although there is a possibility that it would open a door for the pirates to launch their attacks on the system.
Whether this would have made piracy possible or not is irrelevant though it still doesn't change the fact Sony just dumped over millions of consumers rights and you people are still claiming thats a good thing. How about you stop telling everyone else that they shouldn't be concerned about protecting their rights and just let these threads die.
