Lawsuits against Sony fo𒉰r remotely deactivating a small but, to some, important feature of the PS3 have been combined and granted class-action status, allowing everyone with a "fat" PS3 model to join the litigation action.

One of the defining features of the PS3 when it first launched was that it was a very open platform. It was so open, in fac💯t, that users could even legitimately install another operating system on it. Users could partition the PS3 hard drive to run Linux and basically use the console as a powerful computer.

It's not difficult to believe, then, that PS3 owners got upset when Sony decided to remove that functionality🌸 altogether through a firmware update earlier this year. It's kind of like selling a convertible to someone and theꦉn sneaking into their garage later and welding the top of the car shut.

Above:Users who have connected their PS3s to the internet since March of this year will no longer see this option

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Jul 23, 2010

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