Bionic Eye Patients Are Going Blind Again After Manufacturer Decides They’re Obsolete
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Recipients of bionic eyes from Second Sight are starting to go blind after the company behind the technology stopped supporting their products.

Welcome to Capitalism, where you can lose your vision because some corporation didn’t get enough money.

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It would be morbid but interesting to know if there are accidents caused by this, leading to litigation. Take the close call with the stairs in the article, or a car crash. How would an (e.g.) US court treat it? Do recipients sign away rights?

Purdue addicted a nation to oxy and the family got to keep their billions. Capitalists live by different rules.

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I would not be surprised if the company forced the patients to sign a contract with a Limitation of Liability and Arbitration clause in there somewhere to prevent lawsuits.

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