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Arsen6331 ☭ @lemmygrad.ml

3y ago

Bionic Eye Patients Are Going Blind Again After Manufacturer Decides They're Obsolete

futurism.com Bionic Eye Patients Are Going Blind Again After Manufacturer Decides They're Obsolete

Recipients of bionic eyes from Second Sight are starting to go blind after the company behind the technology stopped supporting their products.

Bionic Eye Patients Are Going Blind Again After Manufacturer Decides They're Obsolete

Welcome to Capitalism, where you can lose your vision because some corporation didn't get enough money.

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Is anyone even remotely surprised? I'm just waiting for pace-makers to be a subscription service.
- Excellent talk on closed source hearts : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW1h1s_ojpM

Very dystopian. Cyborg implants need to be open source!

Is this the innovation people keep talking about
- Yes, Capitalism does in fact create innovation, in precisely the wrong direction.

What happens when you miss your neuralink payment?
- Probably something like this.

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