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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)
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[–] nevyn@slrpnk.net 4 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I'm so old I remember when sony was a decent brand

[–] adarza@piefed.ca 6 points 15 hours 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...

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

So like, pre 1997?

[–] nevyn@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 hours ago

yep, 5 disc cd player

[–] GEEXiES@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Curious: what exactly happened in 1997 regarding Sony?

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] GEEXiES@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours 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.