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by chemicalsnakes 16 days ago
“Creeping” from what? More primitive medical technology that saved fewer lives?
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The medical technology isn't the problem - the profit motive negatively affecting its continued operation (or not) is (and this is not just the technology firm, it includes the insurance company, the hospital/pharmacy operators, etc).

You can't have a reasonable customer relation with any corporation when you are a captive audience - let alone one when they could kill you at any moment, whether from negligence or plain indifference.

This plays out in less-lethal versions all over tech. Do you dare redeem that Apple Gift Card your aunt gave you for your birthday, knowing that Apple might nuke your whole digital identity from orbit[1]?

[1]: https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/