Am I the only one who doesnt care about Microsoft?

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MikeB said:
@ omgwtfbbq

The rootkit issue indeed was a huge blooper for Sony costing them dearly to rectify the issue. It was of course a copy protecting measure some not too clever people at a Sony subunit thought of, the software had security holes so Sony had to recall all affected CDs and pay 150 USD million in damages. I think they have learned a lesson from that one. But doesn't affect me on how I look at their products and especially the PS3. I never cared much about the PSX and PS2, but I do like Ape Escape 2, God of War and Jak3 I recently bought for my PS3.

BTW I own a cool ultra thin Samsung U600 phone! With regard to my personal phone preferences regarding I am a Samsung "fanboy" , but this doesn't nullify the findings of the mentioned consumer satisfaction study.

It should not have taken a security exploit to realise that the Rootkit was a bat idea! Whether there was a security exploit or not is completely besides the point, Sony betrayed the trust of their customers by secretly and illegally installing malicious software on their PC's, and then hid the fact by installing a rootkit on their machines. And the only thing that got them to recall and pay was because of the security problems! Nothing to do with their illegal installation of unsolicited programs or the complete violation of the privacy of their customers. They then proceeded (with their usual arrogance) to basically say "we don't care. people are ignorant and we can keep pissing all overP them, because they don't really know what we did."

This is not a "blooper" as you so kindly put it, but an absolute disaster and something that should completely shake anyone's trust in the company. This idea should not have left a single person's head let alone managed to make it all the way to actually being placed on actual CD's that were actually sold in actual stores! How the hell can anyone purchase a product from this company? What's to stop them doing it again? They've already shown they don't care about your privacy at all, so why are you giving them your credit card details when you shop at the PSN store? Who knows what stories your PS3 can tell Sony about you? How can you trust that they're not using this information contrary to your wishes? How can you sit there and give money to this company, basically validating their viewpoint that people will sit there and consent to being pissed all over?

As for Samsung, I actually have a Samsung laptop, as well as a Samsung plasma HDTV. They are fantasic products, and I am very impressed with them. I would probably call myself a Samsung "fanboy" myself. Their products are high quality and in general cheaper than Sony's.