[citation][nom]spectrewind[/nom]Having purchased the original 60GB version of the PS3 when it was $600... The OtherOS problem Sony created for itself seems to have become something far more serious. Everything else continues to work fine.I was using YellowDog Linux prior to the removal of OtherOS. I miss it, my HDMI cable, and a large desktop that worked great. I never hacked my machine.I think to myself repeatedly, that if Sony had done "the right thing" for people who purchased their product, this kind of thing might not be happening.This is my last Sony console... I have already recommended people I work with AVOID SONY (nurses, anesthesiologists, etc, that like to game, and they have the money to do it).I have had 6 different families in my neighborhood ask me to help them with putting a decent gaming console in their living room. People with money to spend...Three got a PC. Two got XBOX360. One got a WII.Nobody bought a PS3, after is showed what has been happening after the last year.SCEA:I hope someone from Sony (with a brain and decision making power reads this). You had SIX FAMILIES that would have bought a PS3 had I told them to. I made sure NONE of them did, and they are happy.Are you? NO? Really?...Good!!I legally own my games. I do my best to make anyone I talk to NOT buy anything with Sony's name on it. I am the anti-customer you didn't want. Congratulations![/citation]
Their EULA states they have the right by sole discretion to modify their software agreement, and that the user's continued use of said software indicates their acceptance of said terms.
So basically that one statement covers both end of the argument here. "You don't like the way we're legally allowed to take parts of your PS3's spirit away at will? Find, don't use it."
It also follows that with the right to pursue legal action against anyone who violates their licensing terms. License is key here. Just like a driver's license, it is not your right to "have" or "own" it; only to "use" it on license owner's terms.
Anyways, for someone who personally didn't really care about the Other OS feature, mainly because I think the more I make my console a PC, the more I might as well just be playing my PC.
Sure it'd be cool to code for PS3 or something, (and that's probably the only advantage from both a financial and features perspective I can see XBL having, with XNA), but it defeats the purpose of it being a console. I'd almost want to have another one just to toy around in Yellowdog , Folding @ Home and experiment with on the side.
/blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/26/update-on-playstation-network-and-qriocity/
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