Now the ball's in Sony's court

It's been over 6 years since Sony decided to screw with their customers by removing Linux functionality from their PS3 line of devices without compensation.  I was none too pleased by that turn of events (as posted here), and decided that I was done with buying anything from Sony... and, barring the odd movie that might have come out where Sony's involvement wasn't readily visible up-front, I've been quite good at sticking with that decision.  It's with some mixed feelings then that I went ahead and submitted a claim, just now, for "class A" compensation under their lawsuit settlement process (which, on the very off chance somebody from the verification crew is wanting to make sure the post I submitted is really from a blog I control, my Claimant Number is F0CEDC52DF).

So, first off, any of you with the necessaries that somehow haven't heard, be sure to head to www.otherossettlement.com to make your claim before the December 7th deadline.

That said... if Sony makes good and pays out in full on my claim, they'll be the first company taken off my no-buy list that I can recall.  Honestly though, I'm expecting they'll kick me down to a "class B" claim, since the only proof I have that I actually used the PS3 Linux capability is a brief whine about repartitioning going poorly afterwards, because I never thought to post about playing NetHack on PS3 after having mentioned doing so on PS2's Linux kit prior.  Not that I'm going to rush out and buy a PS4 if they do pay up (6+ years of grudge doesn't slough off that easily), but at least it won't be a reflexive "hell no" if a Sony option does enter the mix.