Comment on OnePlus update blocks downgrades and custom ROMs by blowing a fuse
SolSerkonos@piefed.social 1 day agoOoooh, 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 1 day ago
Admittedly I was unaware of this, but for consoles it can have a real functional purpose as part of the protection against cheating.
SolSerkonos@piefed.social 13 hours ago
It’s an anti-piracy/homebrew feature. Realistically, nobody is using that for cheating.
ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip 18 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.
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 hours ago
Anticheat should be handled by the games, not the console (unless the games are produced by the console manufacturer)