• T156@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      You might. You don’t want to get into a situation where Neuralink says that they’re not doing BCI like the ones installed in your head any more, and have it shut down spontaneously when the company turns off support.

      It’s happened before to people with artificial eyes, and they’re both left blind because the hardware doesn’t work any more, and they can’t afford to have it removed (if that’s even safely doable).

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      3 months ago

      It’s exactly the people that can have a choice who should be helping those who can’t, don’t you agree?

      The fight for open software and hardware wouldn’t be made by going around paraplegic people and bothering them about it, but by discussing it with the vendors and legislators.