It’s like how IT people don’t trust printers.

If I can't install it myself I ain't getting it. All those other Rippers are third rate hacks I wouldn't trust to chip a fucking corpse choomba.

Choom, you gotta remember any Edgerunner know they're gonna flatline young.

Most people get chipped to perform their job, which is basically to barely survive a corpo life. Some have chrome for medical reasons. Most people don't wanna be a chrome jock anyway, with cyberpsychosis and all.

Also, ripperdocs are the closest thing to medical attention proles can afford. And I suspect with the jack they make they can afford actual medical care.

The most knowledgeable IT people have the least IOT devices in their house.

They know to never use from your own supply. They know the downsides and admit openly that organics remain more reliable.

The one ripper i recall that did have chrome only did because she was attacked by a customer who chopped of her arm.

One ripper says the electronic device are of course prone to EMPs and a giant solar flare.

I think the ripper across the road from where you get ping (could be wrong) says basically this (paraphrasing) yes you have sword arms, but when you replace the organic arm, the mechanical one doesn’t have as good wiring. The effect may not be noticeable with single “upgrades” but definitely can feel the difference over time

They only trust themselves and it's kinda hard to install cyberware on yourself unless you already have something like Doc Oc's tentacle arms installed.