Can someone explain to me in a rational manner, why hackers who purport to be on the side of open systems for the benefit of consumers, would release a hack that could potentially reduce/decrease a lot of paying consumers' access to software?

If what happens to the PSP (sieve-like protections resulting in fleeing developers) happens to the PS3, sure you've succeeded in poking Sony in the eye, but they've also had a decisively negative impact on the consumers they say they represent.

Is there some perspective I'm not seeing? Can't they fight they're crusade without making me (paying consumer) collateral damage?