▲ 415 ▼ Sony is deleting 551 movies and TV shows you bought on PlayStation, because you don't really own your digital purchases— John Wick, Paddington, and Terminator 2 are among the titles–no refunds offered (www.playstation.com) submitted 4 months ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 71 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] nevyn@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 months ago (6 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] adarza@piefed.ca 7 points 4 months ago back in the early days of walkmans, you could call 'em up toll-free, say you lost the battery cover or the headphone cable is broke, and they'd send you a replacement. no worries about 'warranty', no cost to you... permalink fedilink source parent [–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago (4 children) So like, pre 1997? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GEEXiES@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children) Curious: what exactly happened in 1997 regarding Sony? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) I was loosely guessing the year based on memory. But I think it was around then that they tried some music DRM shit that installed a root kit on your PC if you put the disc in it, and it screwed up a ton of computers. Caused major vulnerabilities and backdoors for other virus' and exploits and they got sued and government basically put a stop to their DRM tactics. Well as I wrote this, I decided to look up exactly when this happened, and I was pretty far off. Time all runs together the older I get. It didn't happen until 2005. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GEEXiES@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago Hey, thanks. I didn't remember the exact year of the rootkit incident but I knew it was around the mid-2000s because that's when I coincidentally started to try Linux (and fully switched to it in a year or two) and I would pay attention to this kind of news (I guess they played a role in my commitment to Linux). Well, so there might not be something special about 1997 regarding Sony after all... but I agree about Sony being at their peak in the 90s. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] adarza@piefed.ca 7 points 4 months ago back in the early days of walkmans, you could call 'em up toll-free, say you lost the battery cover or the headphone cable is broke, and they'd send you a replacement. no worries about 'warranty', no cost to you... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago (4 children) So like, pre 1997? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GEEXiES@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children) Curious: what exactly happened in 1997 regarding Sony? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) I was loosely guessing the year based on memory. But I think it was around then that they tried some music DRM shit that installed a root kit on your PC if you put the disc in it, and it screwed up a ton of computers. Caused major vulnerabilities and backdoors for other virus' and exploits and they got sued and government basically put a stop to their DRM tactics. Well as I wrote this, I decided to look up exactly when this happened, and I was pretty far off. Time all runs together the older I get. It didn't happen until 2005. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GEEXiES@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago Hey, thanks. I didn't remember the exact year of the rootkit incident but I knew it was around the mid-2000s because that's when I coincidentally started to try Linux (and fully switched to it in a year or two) and I would pay attention to this kind of news (I guess they played a role in my commitment to Linux). Well, so there might not be something special about 1997 regarding Sony after all... but I agree about Sony being at their peak in the 90s. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] GEEXiES@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children) Curious: what exactly happened in 1997 regarding Sony? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) I was loosely guessing the year based on memory. But I think it was around then that they tried some music DRM shit that installed a root kit on your PC if you put the disc in it, and it screwed up a ton of computers. Caused major vulnerabilities and backdoors for other virus' and exploits and they got sued and government basically put a stop to their DRM tactics. Well as I wrote this, I decided to look up exactly when this happened, and I was pretty far off. Time all runs together the older I get. It didn't happen until 2005. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GEEXiES@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago Hey, thanks. I didn't remember the exact year of the rootkit incident but I knew it was around the mid-2000s because that's when I coincidentally started to try Linux (and fully switched to it in a year or two) and I would pay attention to this kind of news (I guess they played a role in my commitment to Linux). Well, so there might not be something special about 1997 regarding Sony after all... but I agree about Sony being at their peak in the 90s. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) I was loosely guessing the year based on memory. But I think it was around then that they tried some music DRM shit that installed a root kit on your PC if you put the disc in it, and it screwed up a ton of computers. Caused major vulnerabilities and backdoors for other virus' and exploits and they got sued and government basically put a stop to their DRM tactics. Well as I wrote this, I decided to look up exactly when this happened, and I was pretty far off. Time all runs together the older I get. It didn't happen until 2005. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GEEXiES@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago Hey, thanks. I didn't remember the exact year of the rootkit incident but I knew it was around the mid-2000s because that's when I coincidentally started to try Linux (and fully switched to it in a year or two) and I would pay attention to this kind of news (I guess they played a role in my commitment to Linux). Well, so there might not be something special about 1997 regarding Sony after all... but I agree about Sony being at their peak in the 90s. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GEEXiES@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago Hey, thanks. I didn't remember the exact year of the rootkit incident but I knew it was around the mid-2000s because that's when I coincidentally started to try Linux (and fully switched to it in a year or two) and I would pay attention to this kind of news (I guess they played a role in my commitment to Linux). Well, so there might not be something special about 1997 regarding Sony after all... but I agree about Sony being at their peak in the 90s. permalink fedilink source parent