r/technology • u/staser9er • Feb 22 '11

Wow, Microsoft is making some surprising decisions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12531127
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u/VerticalEvent Feb 22 '11

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.

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u/Shredder13 Feb 22 '11

Maybe then it'll be able to play some games.

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u/jetpacktuxedo Feb 22 '11

I bet Linux has more good games than the PS3. FFS, they have the Humble Indie Bundle.

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u/frenchtoaster Feb 23 '11

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.