To what extent though? If you remove the blu-ray drive from a ps3, it will not play any games, even digital ones. The only way to fix it is to install a noBD cu

To what extent though? If you remove the blu-ray drive from a ps3, it will not play any games, even digital ones. The only way to fix it is to install a noBD custom firmware or use custom firmware and recovery tools to "remarry" another drive to the console. I don't think either of those things should be illegal, but they currently are. Having an exception may result in designs changing to make such repairs easier, however.