The issue in my mind is that these systems were sold with the Linux feature, and Sony decided you shouldn't have that feature anymore, so they removed it without warning or compensation. They have taken back something you bought. And sure, the update is "optional," much in the same way putting more gas in your car is optional. And I'm sure the EULA covers Sony's ass legally — Sony could probably brick your PS3 and you'd have no legal recourse whatsoever. But it's still a supreme dick move that has shaken my (and I'm sure a lot of others') faith in the platform. Before this, I was considering buying a PS3. Now I'm not.
On the mobile front, Apple is using its dominant position to clamp down on competition. They have officially forbidden using any language other than C or C++ to develop iPhone/iPad apps. It's pretty clear that this was done to make developers take sides, as it prevents code reuse from other platforms that use Java, C#, or Flash. Apple claims that restricting the language set will help prevent poorly written applications, which is of course hogwash. You can write poor applications in any language (and a lot of people do :-/).
It's an especially curious move in light of Apple's desire to be the #1 mobile gaming platform, as it excludes game toolkits like Unity3D. It also stymies the unreleased Adobe Flash CS5, which has a direct-to-native-iPhone compiler to get around Apple's existing prohibition on unapproved runtime engines. Apple has just taken everyone who was going to port their flash game to the iPhone and flipped them the bird. I wonder if anyone at Apple understands how much it hurts the platform when you anger its developers? Certainly Microsoft understands this. Oh, wait...
Were you excited about getting Machinarium on your Xbox? Well, too bad, because Microsoft has decided they don't want to publish Machinarium because it's not a Xbox exclusive. That's right, because you can get Machinarium on Mac and Linux, you won't see it on Xbox. Or at least, you won't see it published by Microsoft. Amanita Design does, of course, still have the option of getting it published through someone else, but they've decided not to bother. You will see Machinarium on PSN if you have a PS3, but as we've already established, you probably don't. And, if you play your video games on a PC like a man, all of this is pretty well moot.
So remember, kids: corporations don't have your best interests in mind.
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