MegaCool wrotePiracy is wide-open now on the console, and he claims he's against it, and only reason behind the jailbreak is to run Linux and other apps. Seriously, who wants to run homebrew apps on a PS3? Isn't that what PCs are for! So yeah, that's a lame excuse.
Actually, a LOT of us want to run homebrew apps on our PS3's. A LOT of us don't want to be told by a company how to use hardware that we paid for! The Linux functionality was available in the PS3 when a LOT of us bought it, until Sony decided that we shouldn't be allowed to use it anymore, and locked it down!
MegaCool wroteBut what Mr. Geohot did is distribute the code onto the internet showing people how to hack their own device.
That's right, he showed them how to hack their OWN devices. Not Sony's devices. Because when you buy a device, you become the owner of that device. Owners of devices should have the right to do with these devices as they please, including installing whatever they want on them.
His code is a tool: it can be used legitimately to do things we have the right to do, like install Linux, and it can be used illegally to pirate games.
Why is Sony punishing the toolmaker? Shouldn't it be punishing the pirates who actually ARE doing something illegal? Don't you see something wrong here?
