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Bionic Eye Patients Are Going Blind Again After Manufacturer Decides They're Obsolete (futurism.com)
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Welcome to Capitalism, where you can lose your vision because some corporation didn't get enough money.

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[–] Halasham@dormi.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Is anyone even remotely surprised? I'm just waiting for pace-makers to be a subscription service.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago

Excellent talk on closed source hearts : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW1h1s_ojpM

[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is this the innovation people keep talking about

[–] Arsen6331@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, Capitalism does in fact create innovation, in precisely the wrong direction.

[–] panic@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

They weren't joking when they said that disabled people face dystopic levels of suffering under capitalism. Pay to live, pay to see, pay to reduce pain, pay to breathe.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Very dystopian. Cyborg implants need to be open source!

[–] electrodynamica@mander.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What happens when you miss your neuralink payment?

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