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I want to be a cyborg but after seeing how tech, especially software, has developed (like, I don't even really want to buy a new car because how tf am I gonna fix it), I don't think I can trust it. Imagine if your ears' firmware just stops being supported.
Any cybernetics would have to be built for me by a hobbyist with a workshop full of Raspberry Pis or something
Yeah, plus the "cutting edge" prosthetic tech we currently have is mostly overhyped marketing.
There are about a dozen powered prosthetics I always see on social media that always look really cool and the "patients" always go on and on about how useful it is......What people don't realize is those "patients" are being paid by the manufacturer, and usually part of the deal is that they get the limb for free.
They don't tell you about having to wear a heavy battery pack that only lasts for a couple hours. They don't tell you that you have to pre-program routines like tying your shoe laces. That you have to purposely concentrate on flexing residual muscle groups in your limb to activate those routines. Nor do they tell you that the majority of patients who own those devices usually revert back to a manual prosthetic for functional tasks, or just choose not to wear a prosthetic at all because they can achieve more function with their stumps.
While prosthetics have started looking more futuristic and functional, unfortunately we haven't really advanced any technology that actually improves function and utility since the late 90's. And I highly doubt we'll ever make a prosthetic that provides more utility than the limb it's replacing, not in our lifetime at least.
Plus, a lot of them just end up being no longer supported at all. Oopsie your Planned Obsolescent Leg needs replacing again
Yeah, that can be an issue with some of the more advanced knee units and upper limb devices if they are being done by a private clinic and being purchased by a private insurance or a workers comp case.
Luckily Medicare and most Medicaid programs dictate that the clinic that fabricates the limb also maintains the limb until the patient qualifies for a new one.