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The future is toast (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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[–] 12 points 6 months ago (1 child)

the apartments' appliances are designed to extract revenue. The fridge won't chill unauthorized groceries. The toaster won't toast unauthorized bread.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41085118-unauthorized-bread

The DMCA makes it illegal to toast anything the software refuses to toast. This is legal reality today, despite being featured in (dystopic) science fiction.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    The toaster includes a sensor that detects if the bread contains DNA from the proprietary wheat that the toaster company has partnered with.

    THAT or there is a series of tiny nanoprocessors embedded in the bread itself that are mostly, surely harmless to consume.

    THAT or there is an RFID chip in the bread package that communicates with a receptor in the toaster to ensure that you have the approved optimum bread crafted especially for your toaster model. (Until they decide that the bread now has to be slightly changed in size and no longer fits in your toaster, thus necessitating you buying a new model)

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