I'm not surprised given the person in charge, but I still feel bad for the guy. Being almost completely paralyzed, it makes total sense to jump at the chance to get some normalcy back.

I didn't expect 85% of the wires to already detach at this point. In a just society, the whole company would be shut down and the CEO put into a bottomless pit.

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[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Your augs will play ads at random times unless you buy the premium upgrade. And they will play ads in your dreams

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 29 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Dreams are basically the only place left capitalism hasn't colonized (sorry curry-space , SpaceX ruined that one). If they ever found a way to inject car insurance and fast food commercials into my dreams, I might actually adventure-time

[–] pastalicious@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

Strawberry Mansion is a ‘fun’ 2021 movie about just that idea.

[–] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Futarama also made this observation in 1999 :(

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 5 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago

Or they'll move to a subscription model even though you paid initially for unlimited access to your [vital organ of choice]