Sony’s War on Makers, Hackers, and Innovators

[voty2000]

Wagram said:

voty2000 said:

Nice read, I'm just waiting now for someone to do a good article on how hackers basically made computing what is is today.  People have no idea what most hackers do and what they have accomplished, like Ssliasil, he apparently has no clue that Bill Gates and Steve Jobs started as hackers.  Some hackers do illegal stuff but the vast majority just want to tinker with stuff they own and make it do stuff it wasn't designed for.  They are real innovators that put in hours of work with no pay just for kicks.  It's an amazing culture. 

I am glad the article went into some of Geohotz accomplishments outside of jailbreaking because folks don't realize how intelligent this guy really is.  People complain about him being arrogant but I think most of us would be to if we gained the fame he has simply by tinkering with stuff he owns. 

I don't believe that. I can agree that there are some out there who did it for pleasure and to tinker but a lot of them just want to steal.

Hackers that do illegal stuff get media attention, that's why you get a skewed view of hackers.  Hackers that turn a 360 into a laptop get very little attention, it's not newsworthy.  Just remember that the internet would not be as advanced as it is now without hackers and MS and Apple wouldn't exist.