Good question! I've often wondered the same thing. There have been so many reports of things going wrong over the years. It is quite frankly scary when you read about it. Its the reason I stayed on 1.50 firmware for so long. It wasn't until Dark_AleX's OE firmware in December that I finally made the switch.
I've come to learn that most of the strange problems people report are from their own carelessness. Be it not following directions and taking certain precautionary measures, or messing with stuff they don't know about, i.e., FLASH.
A lot of problems seem to be related to custom themes which is why I've largely stayed away from custom theming my PSP's. But even those problems seem to be from people using the wrong files, etc.
SONY loves it when people brick their PSP's due to homebrew. It gives more validity to all of their BS "security vulnerability" firmware updates. SONY's aim is to have the mass majority think of homebrew as something that will inevitably cause problems with your PSP.
That is obviously not true and I've never encountered any problem that has harmed my PSP. I have not even "semi-bricked" a PSP. And I've used many downgraders, DevHook, custom firmwares, homebrew & emulators, etc. etc. etc.
So the bottom line is that if you do a little research instead of jumping the gun, you will not experience any problems with PSP homebrew.
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