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

[–] SolSerkonos@piefed.social 8 points 9 months ago (6 children)

....oh? I thought every console used this kind of tech as well.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (5 children)

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 12 points 9 months ago (4 children)

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 -4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

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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[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago

Anticheat should be handled by the games, not the console (unless the games are produced by the console manufacturer)

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[–] SolSerkonos@piefed.social 3 points 9 months ago

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

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[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip 3 points 9 months 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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