Comment by neilv
6 days ago
I hope this doesn't lead to further cracks, and PS5 multiplayer games being overrun with cheaters.
Once PS3 was cracked enough to run game mods, every PS3 GTA freeroam session was overrun with obnoxious cheaters, ruining it for everyone else. (Sorta like the tech industry.)
In most computer tech things, I'm all Linux, OpenWrt, Coreboot, GrapheneOS, etc., but the game console is one thing that that I like being locked down.
I don't, your forced under the mercy of that they keep supporting. At any time they can render your console usless and force you to upgrade.
Consoles are e-waste in my eyes, perfectly good for other uses but liocked to what the vendor wants to give. Limited by the hardware that's given and then nagged to buy latest model.
Why am I not allowed to turn an old PS4 in to a Linux router? It has a beast of a CPU, USB ports and suports SSD's, what's the issue?
> Why can't I turn an old PS4 in to a Linux router?
I simply sell my game consoles when I'm done with them.
They would make terrible Linux routers, even if they were unlocked.
Sure, you can do that. However the taste knowing that I will soon be nagged to update with less features working makes it a waste, I paid $$$ for it.
Shouldn't I be allowed to repurpose it for other uses than just a console when it becomes EOL?
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