Sony blocking 3rd party USB peripherals with firmware 3.50

Now this is a very interesting case, according to the reports at the Playstation 3 forums, it seems Sony has blocked “75% of 3rd Party USB” peripherals with their latest firmware update. Yep, that means anything not licensed by Sony can be disabled via USB, which unfortunately includes many 3rd party controllers (such as the PS3 MadCatZ controller).
A surprising and poor move by Sony. Even more of a reason to not update. Information from Sony about Counterfeit controllers which was posted a few days ago:
“Counterfeit PlayStation®3 Wireless Controllers, which are practically identical in appearance to genuine PlayStation®3 Wireless Controllers, have been discovered in the market. SCEA advises consumers to be cautious when buying PlayStation®3 Wireless Controllers from uncertain sources as the quality, reliability and safety of counterfeit products is uncertain, and in some cases, may be dangerous. It is possible that some counterfeit product may ignite or explode, resulting in injury or damage to the user, your PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, or other property. Moreover, SCEA does not support continued functionality of counterfeit or unlicensed controllers in system software updates and these devices may cease to function in the future because of system software updates.”Let us know, if you have updated, of 3rd party USB devices you have found not working

smh... i guess sony doesnt know what else to do about jailbreak usb so they prevented it even further by disabling USBs... oddly enough, i tried to back up my ps3 with an old 80GB external i had and my ps3 wasnt even detecting it.. o_O

so first they block the cheaper controllers(generics) and now they want to block the USBs? how the F... am i supossed to transfer my media to the ps3 or to get stuff ffrom my ps3? damn them, they are not making good dessisions lately