I think this was the plot of a Black Mirror episode?

When I started playing Shadowrun in the 90s, I thought neural implants were cool and I wanted to get one. Around the time Google started buying up ad companies, I realized that the hardware in my head would never be mine. But yes, I think Black Mirror has done an excellent job with these topics.

	▲	lamasery 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In the '90s I was ready to jack in. More computers, and getting me closer to them? Awesome. By the 20-teens I was repulsed by the idea and kinda hated computers. Today if you put a magic button in front of me that'd permanently un-invent the Internet, good odds I'd press it.

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0cf8612b2e1e 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This was a throwaway line in the 1995 novel The Diamond Age. The thug knew a guy who had a spinal implant(?) which got hacked and now the guy saw ads across the bottom of his vision for life.

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loloquwowndueo 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_People_(Black_Mirror)

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lelanthran 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Futurama too (The Eye-Phone, or something).

It's the plot of many a dystopian scifi story.

	▲	nhubbard 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Correct, but they stylized it as "eyePhone" (from MomCorp, the all powerful, caring conglomerate), and that episode is the origin of the famous "Shut up and take my money!" meme.