I don't really care with 3 PCs around the house which all can run Linux or Virtual Machines with linux I'd have o be really desperate to install it on PS3 where it doesn't even have access to majority of features.

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uh....lol? what exactly do you develop the cell for?

The point that I'm trying to make, and that I don't actually like of course, is that even multiplayer - being run on dedicated servers or requiring centralized authentication - is already a time-based, conditional free service. A selling point, maybe, but not a contractual obligation on Sony's side.

Sad, I know. But yes, I do agree that they dared to make this move because of the low number of people acually affected by the change.

I do HPC research. Feel free to lol all you like.

i dont really think this is even legal in my country... it wont affect me one bit, but removing feartures people paid for sounds fishy.

I just hope the US Airforce never updates their PS3, because they will most likely become useless to them.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18305-the-us-air-forces-holiday-wish-list-2500-playstations.html

Anyway, it sucks that Sony is taking away features from people. I have a slim ps3, so I never had the feature in the first place, but there are what close to ~30 million phat ps3's that will lose a feature. Nice one Sony...-_-

i use linux every day but never install it on my ps3 so this is a non issue for me... but i blame geogot or what ever is his name... sony its doing what is supposed to do (protect their interests and keep piracy(witch is illegal) to the minimum)... if he was thinking that he was freeing the world from straps he is wrong... he did more damage than good... now what comes to mind is... could sony address this issue in different matters? could they keep the "other OS" and keep pirates out at the same time? my guess its no for both questions... hdd filesystem can't be changed without one BIG possibility of data loss... that would piss people a LOT more than disabling a interesting but not vital feature...

Prepare for a US Military Crisis in April 1.

Guns of the Patriots anyone? >_>;

They have a good reason, let 'em remove it...People were starting to use it to develop piracy measures, they Have to protect their console to protect their investment..I really can't blame them for removing the feature. If it's that important to you...you could not update, but are then stuck with no online features...so have fun, play responsibly.

The hackers will still hack. That's what they do. They've got something new to hack now. They'll be busy.

Doesn't effect them. Just effects your average joe.