Originally Posted by tavueni
Hi All,
This is my first post here. I've been watching the scene over the last couple of months and never really gotten involved because of my inexperience with the PSP (I am not a coder and I've only had a PSP for the last couple of months) and I don't really say anything unless I have something I think is worth saying. Given the ball slapping I've seen on this whole thing, I felt like getting on my soap box for once.
First of all, I think everyone needs to be a bit more grateful for the work guys like fanjita, hitchhkr and whoever else develops this stuff. Personally, I wouldn't even know where to BEGIN to do anything like this. Remember, they don't have to release ANY of this stuff to us if they don't want to. It could easily have been a closed community where we would all have our PSP's doing the same thing they did when it came of the box we bought it in. This kind of "enhancing" is trial and error. If it wasn't, then Sony would have included all of these features we wanted from the beginning.
These guys do the magic yet we all want the benefits and none of the work involved. If the exploits work, great, we're happy, we'll sing the praises of the guys who made it and there is no poverty, famine and meaningless killing going on in the world. If it doesn't work, it's not so rosy and blame, flame and shame ensue saying "This is crap", "Your app is crap", "this doesn't work", "my PSP is bricked" etc.
People need to take more heed to the fact that you are responsible for your OWN PSP (your OWN PSP) The guys who develop the exploits aren't. YOU chose what you do to your PSP, they don't. What works for some people might not for others. If you run something and it kills your PSP, don't ask "who wrote the thing that killed my PSP", ask "who RAN the thing that killed my PSP". Dark_Alex didn't. Fanjita didn't. YOU DID. You know the risks of what you do. If you didn't, you should have checked the risks before doing it. People who deliberately develop malicious stuff to kill PSP's are wrong, of that there is no doubt but ultimately, YOU are responsible for your belongings and what you do with them.
If you DON'T want to brick your PSP, the answer is simple. Don't do anything to it. This will work great as I'm sure the tens of thousands of people that aren't interested in this kind of stuff will testify to. If you do want all the added functionality, hacks, cracks, apps and exploits that these guys work hard on developing, you run it at your OWN risk and most developers add the disclaimer saying "Try at your own risk" or "We do not take responsibilty for any damage caused by the running of this".
Most of all, I think it's unfair of ANY of us to critise what fanjita, hitchhkr or anyone else does. If you think you can do better, go ahead and prove yourself. If it works, great, toast your magnificence and either keep your discovery to yourself and sit like Smeagol with your "precious" or share it with others for them to TRY. What you do is YOUR decision. If like me and you can't code a damn and wouldn't know where to even BEGIN to make and exploit, app or hack for ANYTHING, be silent and grateful that the few who DO know release anything to us.
Personally, I have a PSP running 2.6 and I REALLY hope that these guys can make it happen because I would also like to share in the fun that Kernal mode/Exploited firmware offers. If they do it great. If it works, even better, thank you and thank you for sharing. If it kills my PSP, damn it! "I" KILLED MY PSP by doing something I shouldn't have knowing that it could kill it.
Ultimately, the choice is your OWN. Feel free to flame me if you think I'm wrong. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. This is mine.
End of rant.
