• LGOrcStreetSamurai [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    we could use this to create technology to assist the disabled and elderly caring for themselves but that’s not a big enough market so stupid bullshit it is

    It’s really frustrating that we have the know-how and resources to make technologies for making all sorts of people’s lives safer/easier/better but because it’s not “profitable” we don’t. It’s really maddening to me that we have all the assets and knowledge but not the will due to “THE MARKET©®™” deems it to be unprofitable.

    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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      42 years ago

      yeah it’s pretty deeply tragic like the people dying in Africa of diseases that there are cures and vaccines for but copyright law and the fact they aren’t a big enough market to justify the cost of setting up a factory to make the medicine they need means they just die