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Valve CEO Gabe Newell’s Neuralink competitor is expecting its first brain chip this year
(www.theverge.com)
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Yes, but honestly the ad-free Real Life+ plan is totally worth the extra $49.95/month just to avoid the ads from interrupting when you’re driving, performing root canals or operating a bandsaw.
One of the new Black Mirror episodes is exactly this. I think episode 1, with Rashida Jones & Chris O'Dowd
No, it's totally free. No ads. It just uses your data to serve ads elsewhere.
Oh, we told you 2 years ago, it would stay that way and you've had irreversible brain surgery now. Well, the servers cost a lot to keep running and so, it was inevitable really. We can't continue to provide the service without charging something. Oh, and there's ads now.
Oh, you've been happily paying. Well, now we have analysed your data and determined you can afford to pay more. Totally a choice. You can cancel anytime. But once the chop is switched off, some people experience a deterioration in executive functioning. And now that it's common, you can't travel or drive without an activated chip. And of course Tesla still hasn't got self driving cars, despite calling their latest package 'its totally self driving now pinky promise'.