Well, that's what happens when you buy proprietary hardware/software from the same vendor - no choice except what they choose to do. Same thing for an Xbox and Wii. Only what MS and Nintendo want will go on those systems.
Though, I can't blame Sony... piracy is a real threat for a company who loses money on hardware to make it up on the software. If a PS3 could be "unlocked" easy enough - you would see spike in hardware sales with no corresponding software sell spike.
But for someone who bought it for Yellow Dog Linux
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/hardware/sony.shtml they are screwed and that isn't right.
So yes they are bastards!
