Another one that misses the point, and I can't really remember Apple pulling a stunt like this.
It's a bad thing that the manufacturer disables some functions that you took as a bonus at the time of purchase (and which few people based their purchase decision on). It's a bad thing that they don't let you decide what functions should the device support or not ta da da da etc. etc. etc. Now seriously - it's Sony, they are famous for their proprietary crap and for doing things their own (bad) way, so did we know this was coming? Of course! Did you believe their advertising that the PS3 was a full blown computer etc.? From what I hear (and read here) installing alternative OSs on it has always been an interesting possibility at best, a useless gimmick at worst. If you or anybody else bought a PS3 as an ultimate can-do-everything device, your naivity knows no bounds. Again - is what they did bad? Sure it is, and maybe worth sueing them over it. Is it such a big deal that I would call anybody a bastard for it? No way. I've seen 5 more interesting and shocking news stories than this in the last half an hour....
Sony are Sony, I wouldn't trust them, but they make awesome gaming devices that's what I would (and am thinking of) buying the PS3 for.
So yeah, it is bad, but if this is the worst of our problems.....
