Phone companies are about to start cracking down on people who jailbreak their phones as well. If you're going to access someone's network, they have the right to only allow you to do it from an approved device. At the very least, I feel companies are justified in revoking warranty support for people who have failed jailbreaking/softmodding their hardware, and if there ever becomes an issue with network stability/cheating/what have you, ban them from accessing the network as well.
The anti Sony arguments don't make any sense to me. It seems like there are a few rational approaches to dealing with Sony.
1) Don't buy a PS3. Tell all your friends not to buy a PS3.
2) If you're complaining about Other OS, you must own a Phat PS3. Why did you update the firmware? They made it very clear when updating. Run homebrew there, k?
3) Take your PS3 off the network and run 'homebrew' locally only. When game developers continue to require their games to run the latest firmware (to avoid cheating and what not), decide whether or not it's worth running the hamster wheel of firmware updating/jailbreaking to keep up with current games.
I just don't see who's being terribly disenfranchised here. If you distribute proprietary encryption codes, you will be sued. If you jailbreak, most companies don't care about individuals, but they'd like to keep it to a minimum if they can. I would much rather developers continue to spend their resources on game development instead of anti hacking measures, and the same with Sony's firmware development team.
Maybe there's a good reason why people need/deserve to be able to play the latest games online while also running 'homebrew', but I don't see it.
The anti Sony arguments don't make any sense to me. It seems like there are a few rational approaches to dealing with Sony.
1) Don't buy a PS3. Tell all your friends not to buy a PS3.
2) If you're complaining about Other OS, you must own a Phat PS3. Why did you update the firmware? They made it very clear when updating. Run homebrew there, k?
3) Take your PS3 off the network and run 'homebrew' locally only. When game developers continue to require their games to run the latest firmware (to avoid cheating and what not), decide whether or not it's worth running the hamster wheel of firmware updating/jailbreaking to keep up with current games.
I just don't see who's being terribly disenfranchised here. If you distribute proprietary encryption codes, you will be sued. If you jailbreak, most companies don't care about individuals, but they'd like to keep it to a minimum if they can. I would much rather developers continue to spend their resources on game development instead of anti hacking measures, and the same with Sony's firmware development team.
Maybe there's a good reason why people need/deserve to be able to play the latest games online while also running 'homebrew', but I don't see it.