beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours 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-square56fedilinkarrow-up1291arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1287arrow-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 · 13 hours agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareNo1@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·edit-210 hours 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-up18·9 hours agoSame here, ever since this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agolol yeah I was gonna say I think it was the time they put a fucking virus on my computer
minus-squareNeshura@bookwyr.melinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·10 hours 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.
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”