Sony Removes "Other OS" Option for PS3
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Yay! They're removing the last shred of compatibility this console ever had left!
Seriously, this is rather bullshit. I had Ubuntu on my PS3 until it Yellow-Lighted on me, and I had to get a Slim model; a model that doesn't support the "Other OS" option.
Seriously, this is rather bullshit. I had Ubuntu on my PS3 until it Yellow-Lighted on me, and I had to get a Slim model; a model that doesn't support the "Other OS" option.
Well if anything this might benefit Sony in causing more PS3's to be sold, as those who still want the Other OS option can just buy a second console and set up a separate account. Or is Sony seriously micromanaging that detail?
It really sounds like overkill to me all the same. I have to wonder if they bothered to do any group studies on it, or if the beancounters and execs pointed at Other OS and said, "BAD! BAD! DESTROY! Who cares what the peon customers want? Hackers can use this and exploit our baby!"
I'm reminded of the good ol' Atari 2600 days, when there was an actual programming cartridge produced for the console. I forget what it was called. I didn't really know it for what it was since I never touched a computer then, but my dad got a kick out of the capabilities of that. There wasn't a way to save, but it was still quite novel. I imagine a resourceful macguyver could have wired a tape drive to the console and worked a save option in, but programming with a joystick does maketextingword processing with a phone numberpad look like child's play.
It really sounds like overkill to me all the same. I have to wonder if they bothered to do any group studies on it, or if the beancounters and execs pointed at Other OS and said, "BAD! BAD! DESTROY! Who cares what the peon customers want? Hackers can use this and exploit our baby!"
I'm reminded of the good ol' Atari 2600 days, when there was an actual programming cartridge produced for the console. I forget what it was called. I didn't really know it for what it was since I never touched a computer then, but my dad got a kick out of the capabilities of that. There wasn't a way to save, but it was still quite novel. I imagine a resourceful macguyver could have wired a tape drive to the console and worked a save option in, but programming with a joystick does make
That. The ability to run a wealth of unrestricted software with Sony's blessing was one of the reasons a PS3 stayed on my personal wishlist. Well, I'll wait until the hackers find a way to restore the functionality, I am sure they'll be working extra hard now. After all, the reason they didn't so far was that there was no reason to bother. Maybe they'll even be able to reactivate backwards compatibility, who knows?TimeCruiserMike said:
I don't have a PS3 - but from the issues I've had with the PSP and Sony's crackdown on homebrew content, this sounds like it will be nasty.Hubilub said:
If you don't use your PS3 for anything out of the ordinary then it's probably not going to cause you any problems. It's just a shame that the PS3 will be losing that option.
Only if the clauses it contains are valid and legal under the terms of the country you are in.Nova5 said:
Even then, EULA's are on the shaky end of contract laws in most countries.
For one thing, commonwealth law (eg, a set of laws that applies to England, Canada, Australia, and about 20 other countries) states that a proper contract must give you the option to actually 'negotiate' any given point on it, and individually disagree with any point in the contract.
Granted, that doesn't mean the other side has to agree to your changes, but it is a legal right to be allowed to negotiate them.
Also, just because an EULA says you can't do something, doesn't mean it can over-rule actual laws.
Reverse engineering is even still allowed by some clauses of the insanely restrictive and one-sided DMCA...
In any event, I can't say this is a good move by sony.
Hackers have ways of installing anything they like. (witness the Wii & Gamecube linux distros), but sony went one better and gave people a legal way of doing it.
And now... They're taking it away.
Well, too bad then. I guess we know where they stand.
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