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[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 142 points 11 months ago (22 children)

Once again: if paying for it isn't owning it, then not paying for it isn't stealing it.

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's why the term piracy exists.

[–] smik@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 11 months ago (3 children)

In German we say Raubkopie which translates to "robbery copy". It sounds metal but linguistically puts it right next to actual robbery which is kinda insane.

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[–] DreamySweet@ani.social 71 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I stopped supporting Sony when they took away access to games I purchased for my PSP. I will not purchase another Sony product until I can play Patapon on my PSP go without pirating it.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] DreamySweet@ani.social 7 points 11 months ago (4 children)

The song that drove my mother insane.

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[–] echo64@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can, the store is closed, you can still download games to it. It's easier to just pirate them, however

[–] DreamySweet@ani.social 9 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I've tried, it didn't work. I have since moved on to emulation where I get a better experience.

Piracy is easy and so is not buying any of their new consoles. They don't have any games anyway so I'm not missing out.

[–] the16bitgamer@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

If you have a PSP Street then Sony gave you the proverbial middle finger since both Media Go (PC Software to download and manage digital PSP games), and transferring games from PS3 to PSP doesn't work.

But if you have a PSP that can connect to WiFi you absolutely can still download PSP games. You just need to

  1. connect your PSP to WiFi a challenge in it of itself

  2. generate a Password for your account since Sony requires 2fa and PSP doesn't support 2fa. Its on your Sony Account settings somewhere from a browser.

  3. sign into your Sony account on your PSP

  4. goto account management

  5. select transaction management

  6. select downloads list

  7. select game you wanna download

Lots of guides out there for extracting PSP ISO or PS1 ISO from digital games on YouTube. Definitely worth looking into to preserve your collection

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[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 67 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Sony has always treated its customers like absolute trash from the get go. As a kid, I had a stereo that ended up dying. They weaselled out of the warranty. Flash forward to my Sony headphones where one ear died and they did the same. Forward again to my Ericsson phone whose screen died due to “water damage” (the markers were triggered by a friend who worked in their repair department said all phones on high humidity zones were always triggered because back then phones weren’t even dust proof). They sent it back refusing to fix it.

Since then they have been on my embargo list. One of the worst companies for caring about their customers.

🖕

[–] people@kbin.social 59 points 11 months ago (4 children)
[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah another stellar case in point to show Sony would rather you eat glass than have to do anything for you.

Let’s not forget the ridiculous court case against Geohotz for jail breaking the PS3. They pulled out every dirty tactic they could in that suit. Really showed their colours and how they actually “fight” in the court of law.

Scum of the earth.

[–] theamigan@lemmy.dynatron.me 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My last straw was when they killed OtherOS on the PS3, which was very much part of my purchasing decision. Sure, it was kneecapped from the start (Linux still ran under the hypervisor, could not use the GPU, and was only given 6 Cell cores), but it was there. At least I got a $60 check from the class action settlement!

Bunch of cocksuckers. I have not purchased a Sony product since.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You see, they wanted all the benefits of being able to use OtherOS in their marketing. But they didn’t want you to actually use it!

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[–] 0x4E4F@infosec.pub 7 points 11 months ago

We never got those things here, everything was already pirated 😂.

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[–] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I remember my friends mom got an s3 and the water damage tag was triggered before they even left the store, they tried to exchange it for another one but it was triggered too.

I'm still convinced that many of them were purposely triggered so they could deny warranty claims. It makes too much sense.(I know s series isn't sony, I just mean most companies do this).

[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

I don’t think it was on purpose, but who knows what their facilities are like. Maybe their phones are built in a literal sweat shop lol.

In any case, it was a ridiculous thing to use to weasel their way out of a repair given how unreliable those markers are. I would definitely have taken as much evidence as possible and reported it to the consumer watchdog in your country.

Again, 🖕Sony

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[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 56 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Years ago when I still bought music from Apple my entire library disappeared. I could log in, but nothing was there. I didn't bother with customer service, in an hour I had all my music back and it was mine.

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 42 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't it Sony that released an album that'd root your system? Bunch of criminals if you ask me.

[–] fox@beehaw.org 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 9 points 11 months ago

Wow that's even worse than I thought. Especially that they included copyleft software.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 38 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Sony has always been an industry leader in consumer abuse.

[–] tio_bira@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Nah, that would be Nintendo

[–] drunkensailor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 11 months ago

TBF, he said "an" leader not "the" leader

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[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

In my opinion the wrong thing is getting the focus because legally Sony nor WB stole from anyone in the legal sense. I know it is unethical, but unfortunately that is not a winning argument in the business or legal worlds. The winning thing to do here is popularize the notion that "buying" from these services is not really buying and no one should do it. While at the same time popularizing the idea that any content tied to such a model is not worth consuming.

By pirating it it is just proving there is some value in these products even with all of the BS the rights holders tie them down with. The message needs to be sent in a way executives and lawyers understand that when you make your product customer hostile to obtain legally you make that product effectively worthless and the customer will go elsewhere for their entertainment. Including DRM has to cost them more than they stand to lose from those that will pirate it anyway. Because money is all executives and lawyers understand.

This would also effectively create a demand for smaller projects not tied down with all of that DRM shit that maybe some enterprising people would start to fill.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If buying is not owning, then piracy is not stealing.

[–] drunkensailor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

IMO Piracy is completely justified regardless...

But that said, wouldn't it be the content owner rather than Sony (who is a third party platform) who is to blame for justifying it in this particular case? (based on the iamge here which seems to imply that the content owner is the one pulling the content rather than sony itself).

Dn't get me wrong, not saying the situation is good. or that Sony is a good company. Only that they don't appear to be the ones instigating this move unless I am missing some other info. FWIW, I lost all hope in the idea of a pro-consumer way of doign streaming content ages ago and have been flying the black flag for years so I guess this just doesnt seem like aynthing new to me. I willntt even consiedr paying for netflix, prime, disnet, hbo, hulu, or whateve else. Maybe if they stop being greedy fuckwits and come up with a something fair for consumers I'll consider but until then, fuck the loto f them.

edit: fixed a tpyo

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