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Originally Posted by DevilsReject97
Actually, it's still their hardware and their software, which means they can do whatever they want with it. It's proprietary of Sony, which means it's illegal to do otherwise.
As for the Linux bit, it was discontinued with the small form factor versions, and there was an announcement about them discontinuing it. If you don't like it, don't buy it.....it's that simple.
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Uhhh, no it's not that simple. I bought the ps3 when linux capability was touted as one of it's features. This capability was then patched into submission by Sony. I bought a product that was supposed to do something, then they took away that capability without offering any kind of refund or replacement option. If you bought a camaro SS with 426hp, then they decided that tune wasn't safe and recalled them all to retune it with 400hp, wouldn't you be pissed?
Sure, the rights to the hardware and software are Sony's, but to alter a product's capabilities after purchase - that's bad business and shouldn't even be legal. If I had walked into best buy and been told, "in 6 months, you won't have linux or "otherOS" capability" I would have bought an xbox instead. They didn't just stop running otherOS on new ps3's they made a firmware update, which is required to play on PSN, which eliminated the capability.