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PS3 Owner Gets $100 Rebate for Losing Linux

Oare este vreo sansa sa ni se intample si noua asa ceva, aici in Romania? .
Da, vezi postul lui AndRewqp aici.
Amazon has offered a partial refund to a European PS3 owner following his complaint about the removal of the console’s ‘Other OS’ feature. Firmware 3.21 infamously removed the ability to install other Operating Systems (such as Yellow Dog Linux) on the PlayStation 3. Though the feature was widely unused by the majority of PS3 gamers, many were angered by Sony’s audacity to remotely disable an original PS3 feature. One gamer has come up trumps, citing European law to earn a partial refund.
Said European law is Directive 1999/44/EC, which was accepted into European Parliament on 1 January 2002. Apart from requiring all European member states to alter their legislation to carry at least a two-year warranty on all new consumer goods (the UK’s Sale of Goods Act offers up to 6 years possible protection) the Directive also includes a stipulation relevant to Sony’s removal of the PS3’s Other OS. The two points read:
“The goods must:
* comply with the description given by the seller and posses the same qualities and characteristics as other similar goods
* be fit for the purpose which the consumer requires them and which was made known to the seller at the time of purchase.”
Această directivă europeană dă dreptul tuturor celor care au cumpărat din UE un PS3 fat să ceară despăgubiri de la retailer (e.g. Domo, Altex, etc.). Deci cine are chef să se judece cu ei va c�știga 100% �n instanță (dacă nu �n RO atunci la o instanță EU), chiar dacă aparatul nu se mai află �n perioada de garanție -- cu condiția să poată face dovada cumpărării.
Quote Originally Posted by erik95 View Post
Oricum romanul ar abuza de aceasta posibilitate, probabil ca toti detinatorii de PS3 ar cere acea suma, ca de... el folosea Other OS, chiar daca nici nu stia cum se instaleaza Linux pe PS3.
Este irelevant dacă aveați sau nu intenția de a instala vreodată Linux - este o chestiune de principiu care CERE să fie "abuzată". Oricum abuz este ceea ce a făcut Sony cu acest update, și nu mă refer aici doar dpdv moral ci și legal.