There have been many attacks on Sony on the lock down of the PS3. Basically, they are mad that Sony has locked down the system from hackers for the time being, and have removed the feature OtherOS for security reasons. While I find it unfair that the feature was removed in the first place, as it was a feature I used in the past, I still think Sony had the right to do so. Just because you own the system doesn’t mean its yours to modify.
Think of it this day, you can go out and buy a sports car, drive it on the roads all you like and its completely fine. However, the second you pop racing spec tires on the thing, it becomes illegal to drive it on the public roads. You can do whatever you want with it as long as you don’t go on public roads. Compare that to the PS3 situation, you can mod the PS3 all you want, but if you want to go on Sony’s network, you have to follow their rules.
This is something the group Anonymous doesn’t understand. Sony doesn’t care if you mod your PS3 at all, they won’t take any legal action as long as you’re the one doing the moding, and you aren’t trying to use their network. However, if someone were selling illegal upgrades for cars, the police would take action, much like how hackers have released illegal code for the PS3. Once again, yes you own the PS3, but if you want to use Sony’s network, you have to follow Sony’s rules, which in this case is no custom firmware and no OtherOS.
Yes it was wrong for Sony to remove OtherOS, yes they could have handled the situation better, but the fact of the matter is people are still getting it wrong. You own the console, but you don’t own the network.
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