Sony sued over Linux removal, Case documents surface

[joeorc]

jesus kung fu magic said:

joeorc said:

jesus kung fu magic said:

jneul said:
right this is getting silly you do not need up to dat firmware for blu-rays my bf still has the firmware that allows other os and has just bought avatar and he can still play and watch it as he did on monday, also he can still play on all of his games, the only thing he cannot do is connect to the PSN, so if the only argument they had was based on being able to play on latest blur-rays and teir current games then this is going to get thrown out of court

Because the current standard firmware isnt 3.21........eventually (sometime this year) every single new blu-ray and game release will come pre-installed with 3.21 and if you dont install it then you wont be able to play any new releases from that point on.

and inorder to play those you are required to have a compatable Firmware installed on your PS3. that's the point, they make the software consumer's get to use the software, we do not own the software on our machine's, it's been that way for over 20 year's.

But sony advertised that linux was a feature.....can a company really advertise a product's feature and then take said feature? That is definitely against the law.

What region is this lawsuit coming from anyway?

they did not remove Linux!

they removed the install "other OS" out of the XMB even in the slim it's not there, but unlike the slim you can still keep it you just have to agree to update!

thus Sony did not outright remove the function from your Machine. but on the same token if you do decide to keep the Install other OS function on the XMB , than security encryption an software compatability will indeed suffer until you update.

Sony did full disclosure to the consumer of this before the update 3.21 to the consumer to decide to install it or not.

thus no deception was taken.

no bait or switch