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I thought that the Linux-on-PlayStation was actually a tax dodge? Something like it let them claim the devices were not just games consoles and so their import
by joosters 7y ago
I thought that the Linux-on-PlayStation was actually a tax dodge? Something like it let them claim the devices were not just games consoles and so their import duties could be reduced in some regions.
- voltagex_ 7y agoYou'd think someone would have dug up a citation for this, but Wikipedia says (for the PS2): >Some incorrectly speculate it was used as an attempt to help classify the PS2 as a computer to achieve tax exempt status from certain EU taxes that apply to game consoles and not computers (It was the Yabasic included with EU units that was intended to do that).[citation needed] and Linux on the PS3 was used as a marketing point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OtherOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OtherOS - both these pages are really bad :/