Fucking exactly!
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jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This is why nobody should ever put any tech in their brain. Among 50 billion other reasons.
Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Oh that already happened too. A bunch of blind people guy implants and the company abandoned them.
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 3 months 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.
ace_garp@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That is a horrific outcome.
Free-licence the Argus IP now.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 months 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.
Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 3 months ago
That came to mind, too. If this shit isn’t open source it is not worth spit.
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Even for a corporation that is fucked up.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 months ago
We need to stop buying into this whole beneficial corporation idea.