Yeah they also seem to be the most brick prone out of all the PS3 models.

lol at the picture, and it serves them right.

Excellent!

Except it's not karma, because karma is not a simple, one-to-one correspondence of reward or punishment, and what happened here was a direct warned consequence of an action, that's what i'm saying, they knew that using the tools comes with risk and the responsibility is on them...

I personally defend console hacks, but not for piracy and i have the same reason for both statements: I am a systems analyst and designer, specially software, and before that i was a full developer (i still throw some code but as a hobby, it's not my full job anymore), and i was involved with systems security for long, i even used the ECDSA (and because of that i still can't believe how Sony did this astronomically wrong)... And i've seen how piracy has changed our jobs first-hand...

That's why i like when a lot of leechers act as guinea pigs and brick their systems (and this is not new), because most of them are doing it for piracy, homebrewers are usually more cautious than that...

Yeah I meant the part about downloading on frostwire is illegal though.I do it but I've bought countless CD's based on artists i downloaded songs from illegally. 

when you look at other consoles/handhelds there are really good homemade programs which add new features. in that regard i support the modding scene. i would love to see a better file explorer, internet browser or video codec support for ps3. i wouldnt care less if its from sony or made by homebrew programmers as long it increases the experience i get out of it. but the only thing you are able to do with ps3 cfw atm is to back up games and unlock trophies for free. that sucks and isnt the original purpose. i dont support that at all!

Develop some useful programs and you got my support, otherwise: sony sue the hell out of them!

They're definately the most prone to YLOD that's for sure.  I've experienced that myself.  In terms of what you get though they're worth the risk.  I'm curious why the custom firmware only struggles with the phat's though vs the Slim.  Sure there's extra stuff in their but the firmware for each is the same so I wonder what it's tripping over in the phats.

Well my PS3 phat YLOD and when I get it up and running (hopfully) without having to pay 150 bones not including shipping, I probably would mod it for homebrew.  I already bought a replacement PS3 so I see no reason not to use my already useless PS3 for something other than what Sony purposed it to be.  Do not need to pirate games or other such things that ruin the gaming industry but having a complete media player without the limitations sounds good.

lol, thus one of the reasons that I keep my Phat 60gb PS3 legit, and PAY for my games.  Serves those suckers right.

Good. To hell with jailbreak users.