I did not know this was a thing. Corporations effectively disabling your phone or your washing machine to force you to buy a new one is bad enough. Doing the same with your ears is disgusting. Especially if you didn't advise that this would happen before installation, and marketed it as "forever". Yet another "How do these people sleep at night?" moment.
https://www.sapiens.org/culture/planned-obsolescence-cochlear-implants/
#plannedobsolescence #deaf #hearing #cochlearimplants #righttorepair
@trinsec Yes, agreed. The problem is where even if they've done that, the CI has allowed them to join in with "normal" activities (eg. school) that are not accessible to them without being able to hear, then suddenly they lose access.
In most developed countries I imagine you barely notice - the healthcare system pays for the upgrade, a bit more money leeched from the government or the insurer, nobody notices or cares. But even there it's still a cost flowing to the device manufacturer for doing nothing. Pure #rentier capitalism.