And scrolling through the forum, I get the impression that the implants they discuss are basically just NFC chips? I really have never understood why someone wo

And scrolling through the forum, I get the impression that the implants they discuss are basically just NFC chips? I really have never understood why someone would go through the risk of implanting something that is already very easy to make into a wearable item, when it doesn't actually need to interact with any biological functions. Is it just the novelty factor that motivates them, or am I missing something?