Lexip; said:
Sketter said:
How long do you think until they start blacklisting apps from HBC?
They aren't...
Plus, it would be very hard to (if not impossible).
I wish when people made blanket statments like the above, they'd take the time to explain their reasoning or the technicalities. First of all, 'they aren't'? Since you say 'they', I assume that doesn't include 'you', in which case how do you know what they are really going to be doing. For all you know, Nintendo has finally responded to their 'reaching out' while also reaching for their checkbook. Everyone has a price.
Everyone. Do they release their source code, and if not, no one can say with 100% certainty what their app can or cannot do. And I'd find it hard to believe that an app that 'phones home' every time it runs couldn't blacklist certain apps if they chose to do so. Do you know what 'statistics' they transmit back home, or whatever else they feel like? Maybe they're just waiting for X amount of Wiis with their hack on it before they release the 'ultimate' Easter egg, on behalf of Nintendo.
Has any other console hacking team 'reached out' to the respective manufacturer to help them secure their system?
No telling what these folks are capable of or what their motives were or
are. I know...they'd never lie to anyone about anything and their anti-piracy zeal is nothing to be concerned about. They'd never pull a move like that other coder I recently learned about who took it upon himself to deliberately sabotage users' Wiis if his app found files he didn't approve of on them. Never...