This is really sad. Ripe for the hackers of hacker news to get their teeth into helping with, if there are any wizards or mages reading this post.
Their bionic eyes are now obsolete and unsupported (2022)
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#12Corporations exist solely to create shareholder value on a quarterly basis. If it's more profitable to go bankrupt and screw their test subjects, they will not hesitate - it is legally required they do so.
Probably time for you to change the gif on your website…
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#13Re: Their bionic eyes are now obsolete and unsupported (2022)
#14The bleakest cyberpunk future event to date.
Re: Their bionic eyes are now obsolete and unsupported (2022)
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
But who would that "someone" be, and to what conditions? Or do you expect the people in the article to just write the drivers for their own implants themselves?
Anyone under whichever conditions they choose. We, society, grant temporary monopolies in the form of copyright/patents "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts". They do not intend to further use that monopoly, so they lose it.
You’re missing the point. The chance of someone investing in the development of drivers for niche failed outdated niche product is nil.
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#16Corporations exist solely to create shareholder value on a quarterly basis. If it's more profitable to go bankrupt and screw their test subjects, they will not hesitate - it is legally required they do so.
Legally, that’s incorrect.
Corporations exist to do whatever purpose is spelled out in the articles of incorporation. That purpose can be eleemosynary or profit or whatever the founders want.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Anyone under whichever conditions they choose. We, society, grant temporary monopolies in the form of copyright/patents "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts". They do not intend to further use that monopoly, so they lose it.
You’re missing the point. The chance of someone investing in the development of drivers for niche failed outdated niche product is nil.
Still strictly better than the current situation.
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#18Corporations exist solely to create shareholder value on a quarterly basis. If it's more profitable to go bankrupt and screw their test subjects, they will not hesitate - it is legally required they do so.
Legally, that’s incorrect. Corporations exist to do whatever purpose is spelled out in the articles of incorporation. That purpose can be eleemosynary or profit or whatever the founders want.
Fair enough. But most corps pick profit, and for those that don't, it's nearly impossible for a lay person to get/understand them.
For example, it's extremely unlikely that the victims in this story knew to check the articles of incorporation.
Re: Their bionic eyes are now obsolete and unsupported (2022)
#19If they could open it, send pictures and send dumps of its firmware, I'm sure there would be people around the world curious enough to reverse engineer it, and with that knowledge available, they could (at least potentially) get some support.
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#20Discussed at the time:
Second Sight left users of its retinal implants in the dark - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30349871 - Feb 2022 (85 comments)