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Ok, let's see if we can clear things up here.
The PS3 came with OtherOS. Approximately 2% or less of PS3 users bothered to use it at all. But as is human nature, people want what they can't have and so when OtherOS was removed, suddenly everyone wanted it (obviously not everyone, but more people made a big deal of it than used it).
While the PS3 had OtherOS, it had the LEGITIMATE capability of running homebrew apps. Sony GAVE people this ability. FREELY! So, my question to Mr. Hotz and all of you who support him and all hackers is this. If you had the legitimate ability to run homebrew apps and old emulators on the PS3, why didn't you? Why was it necessary for Mr. Hotz to continue in his pursuit of hacking the PS3 (I know why he did it, he wanted access to the RSX, which Sony locked out, but you don't need the RSX for homebrew apps, it's just a GPU) when he and all of you had the legitimate ability to run any homebrew apps you wanted?
Why does he now claim it's to restore OtherOS when he's directly responsible for its removal in the first place?
See, the way I see it is that he had Linux capability, he had homebrew capability, everyone had it. But it wasn't good enough, or it's not really what he wanted. So how can you all sit there and claim he's doing consumers a service with this, when he caused a chain reaction of events leading to where we are today?
I'm sure the inevitable hypervisor argument will pop up, where one of you will claim that OtherOS was removed for memory purposes, and you're right it was. But as a 2 pronged attack. Sony wasn't about to let someone get deep into their system where proprietary industrial secrets are kept. And if you think any company would, you're fooling yourself. Mr. Hotz' actions clearly show that he is a self-absorbed, self-important individual who DIDN'T hack the PS3 for any OtherOS feature or homebrew. He did it for attention. I'd wager money he hardly uses his PS3 at all, or ever did for that matter.
Arguing for homebrew apps on the PS3 is erroneous since EVERYONE had that ability prior to Mr. Hotz' hacking attempts that he incessantly boasted about. If you think that he actually cares about consumers or OtherOS, you're naive. He doesn't care about you or your rights. All he cares about is what he can get away with, and the attention it gives him. Why else would he have donation buttons, rap videos, and insulting blogs?
Don't think for a second any hacker cares about "consumer rights". They only care when they're caught and are trying to use it as a defense. Console hackers care about free stuff. Games, apps, whatever. That's what they care about. And the irony is that anything they try to run on the PS3 is of such horrible quality you may as well run it on the NES.
So to summarize. PS3 had Linux and homebrew legitimately. GeoHot hacked PS3 because he could and wanted the attention. GeoHot bragged about it. Sony tried to protect industrial secrets and removed that ability for everyone, even though less than 2% of the userbase bothered using it at all. GeoHot releases Sony's root keys, enabling people to create the ability for piracy and falling back on the tired old argument of "well, i don't condone it but i can't stop anyone from doing it". All the while he claims to be fighting for a feature HE ALREADY HAD AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING RID OF!
And you all see it as a protection of consumer rights. Pffft. Grow up.
dont bother arguing against this please, i didnt write this, i just feel that it fits in to this topic very well
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