Mastodawn

As a hearing aid user myself since ~birth, and a technologist who likes to build things, this sort of situation would be a double nightmare: https://www.sapiens.org/culture/planned-obsolescence-cochlear-implants/

Imagine if your glasses stopped working without getting software updates. It's insanity, with shades of @pluralistic's "Unauthorized Bread".

Some cochlear implant users who can’t afford to keep up with compulsory technology upgrades are now losing their hearing.

SAPIENS

@jxf That puts me in mind of this horrifying piece I read a few weeks back - https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete @pluralistic

These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget... inside their bodies.

IEEE Spectrum