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Paralyzed Man Unable to Walk After Maker of His Powered Exoskeleton Tells Him It's Now Obsolete "This is the dystopian nightmare that we've kind of entered in." https://futurism.com/neoscope/paralyzed-man-exoskeleton-too-old The right to repair is a human, ecological right. At so many levels, technology is building an environmental crushing, spirit crushing dystopia. All for the insatiable greed of a few tech bros. Time to challenge the very concept of technological progress and innovation. 46 comments
@RD4Anarchy @RD4Anarchy But hey you can just throw pointless comments around Capitalism is vastly more than an "economic system", and state and capitalism go hand in hand (the soviet union was no exception). @RD4Anarchy Thanks for saving the day, comrade. Everyone would have been lost without your insight. Did you read what I wrote? I'll repeat it: Capitalism is vastly more than an "economic system", and state and capitalism go hand in hand. @RD4Anarchy I'll repeat it: the state and every economic system go hand in hand. Regulation is the answer, no matter what economic system is in play So the economy based on chattel slavery could have continued if slavery had been more well-regulated? 🤔 Thank fucking god everyone has the permission of the pointless comments expert because we were all in a real pickle before Literally your only two choices. This guy paralyzed for life because of a $20 battery or the gulag. I think it says that in the Bible somewhere. @bhcompy @RD4Anarchy @gerrymcgovern I wonder how we avoided this issue with cochlear implants? They're similar in the sense of being devices that are manufactured privately, that people rely on, and in sure various manufacturers have gone under over the years, but I've never heard of someone being unable to get their cochlear implant fixed. Might be a useful model to regulate the industry.  I believe... we have not avoided the issue with cochlear implants.
https://www.sapiens.org/culture/planned-obsolescence-cochlear-implants/ CC: @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green @CaptainJanegay @gerrymcgovern Sadly, obsolescence (or abandonment) is a real issue with cochlea implants: https://www.sapiens.org/culture/planned-obsolescence-cochlear-implants/   @lizzard @gerrymcgovern it would put pressure on them to retool. Make no mistake they will adapt. But it won't be quite the same.  @gerrymcgovern this stuff is so dystopian...couple years ago there were some people who lost their sight after the manufacturer of their optical implants went bankrupt too...like jesus, just basically taking out people's eyes and spines and shit because the manufacturer can't pay their bills...  @gerrymcgovern the makers must use the same PR team as the Labour Party, Disaster and Cringe @gerrymcgovern "All for the _right_ to have the insatiable greed of a tech bro" I fully believe one of the main reasons we continue to allow this self-destructive behaviour as a society is because we don't like the idea of denying ourselves the possibility to one day be in the same boat as the billionaires  @gerrymcgovern  @gerrymcgovern "the issue was caused by a piece of wiring that had come loose from the battery that powered a wristwatch used to control the exoskeleton" 🤦  @gerrymcgovern one of my best friends had a few high tech implants for health issues. The companies disappeared and no one maintained her implants. She died. I don't know if it was because of this, but I'm sure it was a contributing factor. @gerrymcgovern Oh great, a new episode of "Sorry, your life saving piece of tech isn't supported anymore" after this story I still remember well https://futurism.com/neoscope/bionic-eye-implants-expire (Btw a few weeks ago i learned that ppl who "model" new 'innovative' prosthetics for cool tech presentations, often vets, dont get to keep them after the media show and somehow that wasnt surprising either) Btw, you definitely wanna check out the article linked within that one, bcs it's truly dystopic, the way these people found out, that the company simply isn't supporting their EYES anymore.  @weirdmustard @gerrymcgovern ... I mean, if IEEE Spectrum has to do the investigation, things are *really bad* ... @gerrymcgovern the technical knowledge of any product to be sold in Europe (and other places with common markets) should be mandatorily given to a trusted authority prior to the first sell. Including any software. As soon as the manufacturer is for whatever reason unable to service or replace with an equal product then that knowledge is to be released to the customers and to whoever might be able to provide service. Reverse engineering of "abandonware" must be legal, no matter the technology.  Looks like the company did relent and fix it after a lot of people complained.  @gerrymcgovern Worse still, a company committed to making disabled people walk should have more ethical principles guiding its policies. |
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