• PolandIsAStateOfMind
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    3 months ago

    If they ever manage to make cyber eyes or ears, they will come with DRM blocks and commercials built in.

    • iridaniotter [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      They already make cybernetic ears that don’t have ads

      Edit: In actuality, the real concern (and this has happened) are proprietary implants that no longer work once a company goes under.

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        Yeah but it’s because those are primitive and barely work so there is no technical possiblity to do that yet… I meant something like the sophisticated stuff known from sci-fi. Imagine walking the street and suddenly you heard the white noise because dude walking beside you played copyrighted music from his phone, then you both get fined for copyright violations.

        You know, like they are totally trying to do right now for computers.

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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          something like the sophisticated stuff known from sci-fi

          More science fantasy than fiction. That’s part of the joke in it all. Not enough deaf people to make real bionic ears profitable. You’ll see them in Cuba or Vietnam long before they reach stateside.

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        There was also the real life case of a company going under and repossessing the cybernetic implant, forcing them to go back into surgery