time2lose@lemmy.worldBanned to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoPS5 Linux dev quits after "the only hypervisor bug left" was reported to Sonywww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down12
arrow-up1115arrow-down1external-linkPS5 Linux dev quits after "the only hypervisor bug left" was reported to Sonywww.gamingonlinux.comtime2lose@lemmy.worldBanned to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squaredjdarren@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoI really, really wish that there were laws that forced companies to allow people to unlock their devices once they lose support. Sony don’t make any money from PS3s any more, so why not allow people to unlock them and tinker?
minus-squareBillegh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoProbably because there is stuff inside that Sony is licensing and can’t share access to since they had to pay. Like h264.
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI don’t know why I had assumed Sony was still using CRIADX etc
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·2 months agoI’m sure they licensed stuff for their own os, but why does that mean we can’t install Linux?
minus-squareBillegh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt doesn’t, but we aren’t dealing with sensible people here.
I really, really wish that there were laws that forced companies to allow people to unlock their devices once they lose support. Sony don’t make any money from PS3s any more, so why not allow people to unlock them and tinker?
Probably because there is stuff inside that Sony is licensing and can’t share access to since they had to pay. Like h264.
I don’t know why I had assumed Sony was still using CRIADX etc
I’m sure they licensed stuff for their own os, but why does that mean we can’t install Linux?
It doesn’t, but we aren’t dealing with sensible people here.