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Re:The Most Valuable Commodity in the World Is Friction by chipsrafferty on Sunday May 11, 2025 @11:44AM (#43954556)
Eh, I think a huge amount of people would never want anything implanted in any part of their body. Most people don't even want smart glasses.
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Re:The Most Valuable Commodity in the World Is Friction by smitty1e on Sunday May 11, 2025 @12:08PM (#43954731)
Except a necessary, special purpose device, e.g. a pacemaker, I wouldn't have anything implanted.

Now, an artificial ear for the deaf starts to be more compelling.

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Re:The Most Valuable Commodity in the World Is Friction by SoftTalker on Sunday May 11, 2025 @12:45PM (#43954996)
I have read that some deaf people do not want cochlear implants because their deafness is part of who they are, their identity. They don't want that taken away.
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Re:The Most Valuable Commodity in the World Is Friction by layer8 on Sunday May 11, 2025 @12:18PM (#43954789)
Most people didn’t want to carry a computer around with them all the time 40 years ago as well.

Though I don’t agree that AR would eliminate the usefulness of websites.

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