While Sony Sues Modders, Samsung Sends Them Devices
Found on Techdirt on Tuesday, 07 June 2011
We've talked plenty of times about Sony's long history of trying to block tinkerers and modders, culminating in the company's absolutely ridiculous lawsuit against Geohot (George Hotz) for jailbreaking the PS3. It appears that Samsung is taking an extremely different approach. Rather than trying to restrict or hinder modders, the company just sent a bunch of free smartphones to some of the top modders.
Now that's how you handle your fans. It's cheaper than pointless lawsuits and helps to create good relations with the userbase, not to mention the positive PR Samsung gets from this.