• iridaniotter [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    24·
    3 months ago

    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.

    • PolandIsAStateOfMindEnglish
      13·
      3 months ago

      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.netEnglish
        12·
        3 months ago

        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.

    • FourteenEyes [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      12·
      3 months ago

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