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when sony release the new update on 1 april for the PS3,  the “Install Other OS” option will not be available anymore

sony have decided to remove that from the PS3. opting out will bar access to the playstation network, newer games and blu-ray movies, copyright-protected videos streamed from a media server, and any other new features in the new firmware version. awesome hey?

from pcworld

Sony’s spin goes something like this: By removing the feature, the company says it “will help ensure that PS3 owners will continue to have access to the broad range of gaming and entertainment content from SCE and its content partners on a more secure system.”
Translation: You get something you already have (“access to [a] broad range of gaming” etc.) in trade for nothing, while Sony gets to close what it now deems a hacker loophole. What’s good for Sony is good for you, in other words.

and some of the users bitching

The majority reaction on Sony’s PlayStation blog won’t surprise anyone.

“Wait…you are REMOVING a feature?” writes one user. “What’s next? Removing BC from early PS3 adopters? Terrible update sony, teeeerrible,” writes one user.

“This is an idiotic idea,” says another. “I paid for this feature. When the console was $500 I paid for this feature. And Yes, I use this feature.”

“Hey Sony, considering you are disabling half of my product (It was explicitly sold with labeling ON THE BOX that states it supports other OS installations) – Can I get half my money back?” asks a third, adding that the move is “like selling someone a table, and then breaking 2 of the legs off.”