[icebraining]

Having to use corporation-made tools to fully participate in society is not the future, it's the past and present. Cellphones, computers, cars, house appliances, even (regular) glasses if you have poor eyesight, it's all required if you want to participate in society as it expects you to.

If you mean from a single corporation, that's just a temporary condition; competitors are already starting to appear: http://www.slashgear.com/telepathy-one-takes-on-google-glass...

[DividesByZero]

I don't think any of the things you mention are equivalently intrusive. But it's a point that scares me a little.