Fanjita on the morality of downgrading
As many of you may know, the Noobz team released a downgrader for firmware 3.50 about a week and a half ago that works in conjunction with a buffer overflow vulnerability in the original Lumines UMD. As a result, Fanjita, part of the Noobz crew, received a blast of messages accusing him and his group of encouraging piracy with the PSP. Here's some of his response:
By opening up homebrew on PSPs, we're giving freedom to the end user. They can choose how they use that freedom. If they care about the platform, then I hope they'll use the freedom responsibly, and run only legitimate homebrew, or at worst, backups of their own UMDs. Those that choose to pirate have themselves to blame if the platform suffers. If you choose to shoot someone, it is not the fault of the gun manufacturer. If you pulled the trigger, then you committed the crime. In other words, just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.
Modern society seems to place very little stock in individual responsibility - all we seem to hear about is "I want my rights", and not "I want to have the responsibility that goes with them". In my opinion, that's what's wrong with the world today - a refusal to take responsibility for our individual actions.
Downgraders are tools. We provide them because we believe in individual freedom and have faith that human beings can be responsible. We do not like being treated like children by those with whom we spend our money. So it's your choice what you do with it.
For Fanjita's full respose, which I encourage you to read, just follow the source link below.
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Fanjita's Rants