Damn fine first post by Tsudai. Welcome to the boards. Unfortunately, some will ignore it and continue to scream about "consumer rights." Of course, they will completely ignore company rights. Without company rights, they would not be able to protect their interests/products, and many would go out of business. With that comes the decline of tech advancement (there goes with all the cool little gadgets we are priviledged to have) and millions would lose their jobs, followed by the world economy turning to crap. And yes, there has to be a balance between both sets of rights. But we already have a very powerful tool to ensure our consumer rights, our wallet. We are not forced to buy anything we don't want and corporations don't automatically get money from our wages. This is something many seem to forget here.
Another thing some seem to forget while spewing consumer rights is that out of the big 3, Sony was the one who gave the consumer the most freedom to begin with. They gave people the ability to go online without the need for hacking through the PS3's browser. Sure it's not the greatest around, but it gets the job done. They also allowed everyone to play games online, free of charge. Need a larger HDD? Buy any laptop HDD from whoever you want and it will work. And most importantly, the PS3 didn't need to be hacked to allow Linux on it. Sony gave people the choice to install another OS on it, opening up many new additional features that could be done on the PS3, REAL HOMEBREW. Something I enjoyed messing around on. Unfortunately some, like Geohot, weren't satisfied and wanted complete control. Which would have been fine. Well, if he wasn't the attention seeking whore he is. He could have kept it to himself, while I continued to enjoy my YDL. So where were all of you at the beginning of this gen when Nintendo and MS wouldn't allow Linux to be installed on their system first day of purchase? Or when MS was charging crazy prices for its proprietary HDDs? I highly doubt it was on here screaming "consumer rights."
