Comment on Paralyzed Man Unable to Walk After Maker of His Powered Exoskeleton Tells Him It's Now Obsolete

jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Oh that already happened too. A bunch of blind people guy implants and the company abandoned them.

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  • LiveLM@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The first thing that came to mind.
    This is turning into a pattern now, fuck, I wish the lawmakers would fucking do something about it!

    Context for other readers: ‘Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported’ by Eliza Strickland and Mark Harris.
    It’s a disgrace.

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    • ace_garp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That is a horrific outcome.

      Free-licence the Argus IP now.

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      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Any private, medical IP that gets abandoned should be eminent domained. If your company is going under or you don’t want to maintain it, either sell the ip to company that will maintain it or open it up.

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  • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That came to mind, too. If this shit isn’t open source it is not worth spit.

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  • drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Even for a corporation that is fucked up.

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    • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      We need to stop buying into this whole beneficial corporation idea.

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• Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Fucking exactly!

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