And in the same vein, why not ask investors to if they'll fund a pacemaker company in a purely philanthropic fashion? Isn't it better to get pacemakers in a limited fashion than not at all?

Sure. Soon we'll have cloud-connected subscription-based freemium pacemakers that will shut down and kill everyone when the company making them gets acquihired.

I mean, I get the business incentives involved, but I also think it's high time to realize they're getting insane and should be altered.