Comment on OnePlus update blocks downgrades and custom ROMs by blowing a fuse

• 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.

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  • 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.

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    • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      consoles blow a fuse with each new patch so you can’t load older patches.

      Admittedly I was unaware of this, but for consoles it can have a real functional purpose as part of the protection against cheating.

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      • 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.

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      • SolSerkonos@piefed.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s an anti-piracy/homebrew feature. Realistically, nobody is using that for cheating.

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      • 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)

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