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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.
Someone will find a way to make it a subscription service that stops working when a certain MW is exceeded
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.
Sounds like a good candidate to go into pagers.