[doggodaddo78]

Yes. The bigger picture is a gradient towards ubiquitous rent-seeking. Imagine all of your essential possessions being leased and unownable. Water, oxygen, food, clothing, transportation, housing, and even organs and implants being leased from monopoly conglomerates who could literally end your life whenever they choose. They already have cameras and microphones installed in millions of homes.

Also, on all of those possessions and services, what happens when the API goes down, they discontinue support, they get hacked, or they decide to remotely brick what you have?

[Noumenon72]

Monopoly conglomerates want your money, not your life. It's going to be governments cutting people off. For example, Pakistan cutting your cell service if you don't get vaccinated. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pakistan-covid-vaccine-punjab-t...

[HWR_14]

Monopoly conglomerates what your money and are indifferent to your life. See cigarette companies or the recent Texas power issues. Or health insurers.

It's going to be businesses cutting people off if they don't fit a mold. Because being outside the mold costs extra upkeep they don't want.

[doggodaddo78]

Yeap. When it's more profitable to let you die (based on QALY calculations), health insurance companies will deny coverage. They only respond to their money and bad press.