| Euphoria14 said: You know full well I am not talking about thing like parking a car on a sidewalk. I mean if I buy a car and it breaks down I can use whatever parts I want regardless of manufacturer. If SONY wins a ruling like this you could have it where if you own a Ford it will only work with Ford parts. This can happen simply because cars are becoming more and more computerized. If SONY wins a ruling like this you could have it where you buy an HP PC and can only use HP parts or maybe have to read a list of "Approved Manufacturers". "Sweet! New NVidia card it, i'm getting it!" Not according to HP your not. Install it and be lucky if it works. Then return it to the store minus the 15% restocking fee. Like that new case for your PC? I do, let me put that on my PC. Oh shit, HP doesn't like it. Time to pay the consequences. So yeah, go ahead and think companies like SONY come before your consumer rights. I on the other hand will have none of it. I bought my PS3. I own my PS3. SONY does not own it. I can do what I want with what I own. If not, then I should be getting them free of charge from SONY. You may say I am going overboard with these examples or think they will never happen, but remember, there was a time when people said it would never be possible to get sued for protecting your own family against a thief who broke into your home. Strange things happen, but it is people like us who allow shit to get that out of hand. |
Man, I appreciate your passion about this, I really do, but couple things:
- I never said I thought Sony coud do whatever they want...in fact I allude to the fact that they COULD impede our freedom if allowed to go unchecked in my original post. Believe me I am NOT a blind corporate backer. I complete understand that Multi-billion dollar companies are not altruistic regardless of the name on the outside of the building.
- I think we agree on a lot of things, the only thing we disagree on, is that there is some absolute answer. I agree consumer rights need to be protected. I agree that, within reason you should be able to do what you want to with crap you buy. I just don't think that hacking a system, which allows others to use that knowledge to ruin the online experience for a ton of other folk, is a great example of "personal freedom".
Take a second and read what I first wrote (way back 2 pages ago or whatever, haha, sorry). Is it REALLY that different from your feeling?
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