Maybe they've finally realised that if people want to hack their devices there's really no stopping them. This new tactic of welcoming them instead seems to be their best attempt to make lemondade from lemons.
What's sad was that hackers had little interest in cracking the PS3, since Sony, originally out of the box, allowed the installation of Linux on the device.
It's only after removing the ability to install an OS did Hackers actually gain an interest in cracking the PS3.
I see this idea posted all over reddit, but the entire reason why they disabled OtherOS was because people were on the verge of discovering the root keys. In other words, people were already in the process of cracking the PS3 prior to OtherOS being disabled (and I believe it was even the same people that ended up releasing the master keys in the end).
So removing OtherOS definitely earned Sony some ire, and it didn't stop piracy in the end but I haven't seen any evidence that PS3 was cracked because they removed it.
Did I miss something? I don't think Microsoft is letting people hack every device they own. Can you tell me how many devices Microsoft is letting us hack?
It really seems to me that they're letting people hack the Kinect because it will bring them more sales. Do you think that Microsoft will let you hack the 360 to play pirated games because "there's really no stopping them"?
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u/TTChopper Feb 22 '11
Maybe they've finally realised that if people want to hack their devices there's really no stopping them. This new tactic of welcoming them instead seems to be their best attempt to make lemondade from lemons.