beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoSony is deleting 551 movies and TV shows you bought on PlayStation, because you don't really own your digital purchases— John Wick, Paddington, and Terminator 2 are among the titles–no refunds offeredwww.playstation.comexternal-linkmessage-square76linkfedilinkarrow-up1413arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1407arrow-down1external-linkSony is deleting 551 movies and TV shows you bought on PlayStation, because you don't really own your digital purchases— John Wick, Paddington, and Terminator 2 are among the titles–no refunds offeredwww.playstation.combeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square76linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareNo1@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·3 days agoSony pulled Linux from the PS3. They’ve also pulled similar stuff on phones and other gadgets. They lost my trust and I won’t buy anything from them again.
minus-squareperishthethought@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·3 days agoSame here, ever since this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agolol yeah I was gonna say I think it was the time they put a fucking virus on my computer
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoJesus fucking Christ, what a read. It really was the wild west days back then, huh? Sony was out there just putting straight up malware on audio CDs.
minus-squareperishthethought@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoAnd thought nobody would catch them. And thought they could BS their way out of it when they were caught. Yep.
minus-squareNeshura@bookwyr.melinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·3 days ago Sony pulled Linux from the PS3. which was there so Sony could sell their console with a lower tax rate in some countries because it qualified as a “Personal Computer” due to Linux being available, whereas without they would have needed to sell it as “Entertainment Media”
Sony pulled Linux from the PS3.
They’ve also pulled similar stuff on phones and other gadgets.
They lost my trust and I won’t buy anything from them again.
Same here, ever since this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
lol yeah I was gonna say I think it was the time they put a fucking virus on my computer
… and so do I.
Jesus fucking Christ, what a read. It really was the wild west days back then, huh? Sony was out there just putting straight up malware on audio CDs.
And thought nobody would catch them. And thought they could BS their way out of it when they were caught.
Yep.
which was there so Sony could sell their console with a lower tax rate in some countries because it qualified as a “Personal Computer” due to Linux being available, whereas without they would have needed to sell it as “Entertainment Media”