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[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 14 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Ooh, they'll figure a way to make it clock out on the last monthly payment. One little chip will do, or just a few lines of code in the right place.

[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Someone will find a way to make it a subscription service that stops working when a certain MW is exceeded

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 6 points 13 hours ago

We are heading for a subscription LIFE.

Did you ever see the movie THX 1138 (1971)?

The police stop chasing him when his "value to society" runs out.

[–] DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com 1 points 11 hours ago

Sounds like a good candidate to go into pagers.