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PS3 Owner Refunded For Missing "Other OS"
Toxicgonzo writes "Amazon has given a European PS3 owner a 20% refund for removal of the PS3's OtherOS feature. (We recently discussed hacker Geohot's efforts to restore this feature.) The owner cited European law Directive 1999/44/EC — which states that goods must (1) comply with the description given by the seller and possess the same qualities and characteristics as other similar goods, and (2) be fit for the purpose which the consumer requires them and which was made known to the seller at the time of purchase. How many other European PS3 owners will follow suit? If Amazon forwards the bill to Sony, how will Sony respond?"
Ok, how about this
A car manufacture advertised a feature where by you could connect a cappuccino machine to the cars cooling system and make coffee while you were driving. After a few years the car manufacture became concerned that misuse of this feature may cause performance problems and so removed the feature from their newer model. Later they had reports of a few customers misusing the feature on the older models and possibly leading to warranty and road safety problems. So the car manufacturer issued a fix to the mechanics to disable the feature on the older models.
A small minority of car owners raise a bloody furor over not being able to froth their milk while driving, claim their basic human rights have been violated and insist on being compensated for their suffering.