I don't think I'd agree with that: usually it's an alternate space which is the only place still free of corporations. At the very least, there control there i

I don't think I'd agree with that: usually it's an alternate space which is the only place still free of corporations. At the very least, there control there is less then absolute compared to meatspace. Neuromancer's plot motivation is the guy who desperately wants his cyberdeck to work again, such that he takes on the big mission to do so.