Fanjita speaks up about the morality of downgrading

In the aftermath of all the flaming he and Noobz received for releasing the FW 3.50 PSP downgrader, Fanjita let out his thoughts about what he deemed as the “morality of downgrading”. Apparently, many people logged into the Noobz forums in order to accuse him and the team of boosting piracy on the PSP.

In his Rants section, Fanjita expounded on the subject of who was really to blame for the piracy problem: the end user. He wrote,

By opening up homebrew on PSPs, we’re giving freedom to the end user. They can choose how they use that freedom. If they care about the platform, then I hope they’ll use the freedom responsibly, and run only legitimate homebrew, or at worst, backups of their own UMDs. Those that choose to pirate have themselves to blame if the platform suffers.

He further explained his side using a well thought-out analogy with guns and gun makers. “If you choose to shoot someone, it is not the fault of the gun manufacturer,” Fanjita said in his blog. “If you pulled the trigger, then you committed the crime.”

The developer also noticed that some of those who opposed PSP firmware downgrading were into piracy themselves. Fanjita presented two possible reasons why they would commit piracy. The first reason would be that this kind of people may not have the moral backbone or self-restraint to control themselves from committing piracy, even though they’re opposed to the idea. The second reason is that certain anti-downgrade protesters have a sense of elitism, thinking that it’s alright for them to pirate software, but it would definitely be trouble if everybody were to do the same thing.

Fanjita also shed light on his other related observations, such as seeing people hoarding copies of Lumines for profit, as well as Amazon third-party sellers selling Lumines at inflated prices. He said that these kinds of action go against the community spirit of homebrew gaming.

Well, what do you guys think of Fanjita’s observations? Do hit the comments section to share your thoughts.

In the aftermath of all the flaming he and Noobz received for releasing the FW 3.50 PSP downgrader, Fanjita let out his thoughts about what he deemed as the “morality of downgrading”. Apparently, many people logged into the Noobz forums in order to accuse him and the team of boosting piracy on the PSP.

In his Rants section, Fanjita expounded on the subject of who was really to blame for the piracy problem: the end user. He wrote,

By opening up homebrew on PSPs, we’re giving freedom to the end user. They can choose how they use that freedom. If they care about the platform, then I hope they’ll use the freedom responsibly, and run only legitimate homebrew, or at worst, backups of their own UMDs. Those that choose to pirate have themselves to blame if the platform suffers.

He further explained his side using a well thought-out analogy with guns and gun makers. “If you choose to shoot someone, it is not the fault of the gun manufacturer,” Fanjita said in his blog. “If you pulled the trigger, then you committed the crime.”

The developer also noticed that some of those who opposed PSP firmware downgrading were into piracy themselves. Fanjita presented two possible reasons why they would commit piracy. The first reason would be that this kind of people may not have the moral backbone or self-restraint to control themselves from committing piracy, even though they’re opposed to the idea. The second reason is that certain anti-downgrade protesters have a sense of elitism, thinking that it’s alright for them to pirate software, but it would definitely be trouble if everybody were to do the same thing.

Fanjita also shed light on his other related observations, such as seeing people hoarding copies of Lumines for profit, as well as Amazon third-party sellers selling Lumines at inflated prices. He said that these kinds of action go against the community spirit of homebrew gaming.

Well, what do you guys think of Fanjita’s observations? Do hit the comments section to share your thoughts.