In an article at NowGamer, Australian mod chip reseller OzModChips defends the use of PS3 Jailbreak devices - one of which the company can no longer sell in its home region thanks to an injunction by an Australian court last week at the behest of Sony.
In the article the company’s unnamed owner wags his finger at the media who think that jailbreaks are only a tool for piracy and says that having a homebrew-enabled console without having to "open it up" is a good thing:
"The fact that we have a homebrew-enabled console without opening it up is massive. It will take a while for all the good stuff to filter through, but it will be great to see which areas [of the PS3 hardware] are accessible."
"It’s the media’s narrow-minded view that modchips/hacking = piracy. This is not the case. It’s all about getting more out of your console. If unlocking homebrew on your console is piracy then you can say the same thing about jailbreaking an iPhone, which is now legal in the US."
Other jailbreakers in the community generally support the PS3 Jailbreak, though all of that support doesn't amount to too much today thanks to a new firmware update from Sony. According to PSX Extreme the freshly released v3.42 firmware blocks PSFreedom, PSGroove and PSJailbreak use. The site urges those who use these jailbreaks not to update.
