• wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 hours ago

    Tell that to the blind people with cybernetic eye implants that have been discontinued and are now broken. Or people with implanted insulin pumps from now defunct companies.

    These are problems that are already occurring with less serious implanted medical technology.

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      9 hours ago

      Bingo. Being handicapped in any way doesn’t make you less vulnerable to exploitation or decisions driven by shareholders and money. In a lot of cases, it actually increases the chances from my perspective.