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On the other hand, something wired into your heart probably shouldn't rely on a proprietary app from a for-profit company that could drop support at any time...
by Wowfunhappy 4y ago
On the other hand, something wired into your heart probably shouldn't rely on a proprietary app from a for-profit company that could drop support at any time...
- sgtnoodle 4y agoIt is what it is. As far as I know, there aren't any viable open source pacemakers. The existence of pacemakers is a wonderful modern marvel, and for-profit companies made it happen. It's likely $100 in materials, but my insurance probably paid at least $30K for the device and two leads. Considering how much engineering went into building it, I think it's a fair price. I once heard that there's roughly a 2:1 ratio between requirements and lines of code.