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Re:The looming software kill-switch lurking in aging Playsta... by bombcar on Thursday April 15, 2021 @08:42AM (#26819731)
The problem is it’s a tiny bit of maintenance that has to be justified for an unsupported system.

The better way is to factor out the time check/set and make it independent and identical across all systems - they they can close the older store but the newer one continues to reply correctly.

(Though it’s likely signed by certificates and will die when the PS3 root certs no longer get updates).

Re:The looming software kill-switch lurking in aging Playsta... by tinus_hn on Thursday April 15, 2021 @03:21PM (#26824992)
The flip side to discontinuing the old systems is regulatory scrutiny as they would essentially be stealing their customers purchases.