Sony granted temporary restraining order and impoundment against GeoHotz

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thranx said:

thismeintiel said:

  I'll tell you.  It's was on PS3 Linux where it should be.  Well, that is until some hackers didn't appreciate the platform and access that Sony gave them and wanted to open the PS3 completely.  Now think about this, if Sony already gave them the ability to run Linux and homebrew apps/games, what's the point of hacking the system completely.  The only reason I can think of is piracy.

You do know sony removed ps3 linux support right?

Sony only removed it when the hackers started exploiting it which is his point.  OS was there for ages and would have remained if it hadn't been abused.  Sony didn't remove it suddenly and for no reason.  The hackers upset the balance of power first in this particular case.

Other OS was almost an olive branch from Sony to position PS3 as not needing to be hacked and for a fair while it worked, but sadly in the end hackers decided they had to open the console up all the way, Sony reacted, the hackers reacted back and we're where we are.