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[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

The unexplored part of the Diamond Age, what if the A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer servers are shut down.

E: Btw, you yourself will need to imagine a rant here about this kind of tech comes for the vulnerable first, and then is often removed from them when they could be depending on it without much fanfare as well. See also the people with eye implants who are no longer supported by the people behind them.

[–] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

At best you end up with the Gunther Hermann story from Deus Ex, forced into retirement and made disposable when last generation's top-of-the-line becomes this generation's unusable trash.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 1 points 5 days ago

Yes at best sadly.

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