Re:The PS5 Has Been Jailbroken
by AdvancedCarrot on Monday October 03, 2022 @06:05AM
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I do suspect that this is a big part of why the PS5 doesn't include a browser, despite one being available on the PS4. It's a shame really, would love to be able to browse the web from my PS5.
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Yep, this is exactly why. Sony got too scared of having a fully user-facing browser this time around because of all the Webkit exploits slamming the PS4.
It actually leads to frustration as an ISP employee; we get reports of end user devices getting slow speeds and the built-in PSN speedtests can often give us bad results (eg, a customer might be rated for 100x100 and the PSN test yields 20x5) -- running a browser-based speedtest we might be getting full speed to the device indicating a PSN issue. Removing the browser takes that troubleshooting option away from us.
Re:The PS5 Has Been Jailbroken
by SoylentYellow on Monday October 03, 2022 @09:25AM
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It is amazing how consistently garbage PSN speed tests have been for over a decade. I remember the results being wildly off on my PS3, PS4, and now PS5.
PS5 had a bug where its Wifi speeds can become 80% slower if the rear USB ports are being used.
Switching to Ethernet bypasses this issue but I’m unaware if this was ever fixed.
Re:The PS5 Has Been Jailbroken
by P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Monday October 03, 2022 @10:03AM
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That's as close to "changed radio channels and my wheels fell off" as you can get...
It does have one, e.g. for opening links in tweets, though it doesn't let you enter URLs directly.
So… you just tweet yourself any links that you want to open?