There should be a right to repair technology that is literally in your body.
this post was submitted on 03 May 2023
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luckily, there is movement toward broadening right-to-repair laws--Colorado recently passed right-to-repair for wheelchairs, for example--so i'm cautiously optimistic
I can't imagine having IoT in your eyes than can stop working whenever the company decides to shut down its server. This is 1984 Orwellian case,
I remember a comment on Reddit years ago (which i fail to find right now) describing all the cons of hypothetical tech implants, seeing this IRL is decidedly odd and not unexpected...