Comment on OnePlus update blocks downgrades and custom ROMs by blowing a fuse
SolSerkonos@piefed.social 1 day ago….oh? I thought every console used this kind of tech as well.
Comment on OnePlus update blocks downgrades and custom ROMs by blowing a fuse
SolSerkonos@piefed.social 1 day ago….oh? I thought every console used this kind of tech as well.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 day ago
So are console sold with the possibility of changing the OS, only to have that option removed later? There was some issue with PS3, but apart from that I never heard about it.
SolSerkonos@piefed.social 1 day ago
Ooooh, okay, now I understand. I was referring to the way modern consoles blow a fuse with each new patch so you can’t load older patches.
But yeah, the PS3 removed the ability to boot Linux which it was explicitly advertised to have and it was a huge thing at the time.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Admittedly I was unaware of this, but for consoles it can have a real functional purpose as part of the protection against cheating.
ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
No, this is done to ensure there’s no competition when selling games. Why do you think console games are pricier than PC ones? On PC we still have some competition.
SolSerkonos@piefed.social 8 hours ago
It’s an anti-piracy/homebrew feature. Realistically, nobody is using that for cheating.
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
Anticheat should be handled by the games, not the console (unless the games are produced by the console manufacturer)