• NegativeInf@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    The problem I have with implanting tech in your brain is support lifecycles? What happens when some vendor refuses to update a firmware blob and now you are faced with surgery to upgrade? Not a hypothetical, this has already happened. Relevant Link

    • Zetta@mander.xyz
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      9 months ago

      Right, that’s a big risk. I guess the hope would be that once a company is successful enough they will get to the “too big to fail” stage. Or there is some kind of legislation on what a company has to do to support old customers if they stop operating