[moylan]

i bought a sony walkman radio in the early 80s. still have it, use it every day, use it in the bathroom where it is subject to hot and humid conditions. it's now over a quarter of a century old and works fine.

in the 80s the build quality of sony was legendary. in the 90s they were still excellent and most people i know preferred them over an alternate brand. but minidiscs and even before that d.a.t. showed they preferred a locked down environment that favoured sony and not their customers. mp3s were the nail in the coffin for many folk that i know and people went elsewhere. i stopped recommending sony back in late 90s. cd and dvd burners speeded up the process when sony products refused to handle them.

the rootkits, lies and lack of security were just nails in the coffin.