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Comment Re:Sorry.. (Score 1) 184

You can't. Because it was never advertised, it was never even mentioned on the box. The only 'promotion' it ever had was a few Sony reps talking about it and the fact it was included with the console. .

I would say that reps speaking publicly about features of an product constitutes advertising. A bonus feature it may have been. They included it and spoke about it to target a segment of the population that would be interested in this. For some users this 'promotion' formed a part of their purchasing decision.

Besides which, it wasn't forcibly removed, you were free to choose not to agree to getting the latest version of the PS3 firmware if you wanted to. They made you choose between Linux and the latest firmware but you still had the choice (so that Navy example everyone gave as pretty much the only people who had found a use for it wasn't affected).

Yes you had the choice, however, by forcing this choice on your customers, you were limiting more than just access to the PS network.

Users could keep the other OS, and stay off the PS Network and not be able to run any new Playstation Software. Games released after the update required the latest firmware. For those who wanted the Other OS as something to tinker with on the side, this choice crippled their Gaming machine.

Comment Re:Sorry.. (Score 1) 184

Some of us still have memories.

M$ is still evil and Sony has seen my last hardware dollar (until they both prove themselves to have made significant change)

Why my hardware dollar? Well I am not so anal as to check what studio/distributor is behind the movies/records I see or buy.

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