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When brain-computer interface finally became reality, right holders and streaming companies will require you to hook in and let them wipe the memory of you watching the movie whenever they cancel your “purchase” like this.
I’d love to watch some movies for the first time again.
It’s funny you say that because I have some neurological conditions that give me memory issues and about every 3 years sometimes shows are almost new to me. I might remember some moments, but a lot of it is just gone. I rewatch Stargate SG1, all 10 seasons like it’s almost new every three years and it’s really the silver lining to a crappy problem.
I think I might have this too… does the condition have a name?
Broadly, Idiopathic inflammatory-demyelinating disease, along with childhood head trauma that left me with things like aphasia and visual snow, and the effects of long term chronic pain from severe rheumatoid arthritis. CPTSD plays a role as well.
Ok, I don’t have those things, just some memory loss. Wishing you well
Thank you and I hope you find the cause of your memory loss.
You can watch them for the first time again on the new streaming app which yanked the movies from the previous streaming app (and your brain) for only $29.99/mo!
From DRM-equipped browsers to DRM-equipped brains. Now, that’s progress…
NeuraLink in 20 years
There are quite a few things I’d love to experience for the first time again.
I don’t buy digital copies when I have a choice. Easy for movies but Steam kinda fucked that up for games. I was never more disappointed than the time I bought a game box and all it contained was a code to get a digital copy. Haven’t had a problem with Steam… yet. It’s only a matter of time though.
Oh to play Outer Wilds for the first time again.
But as good as that sounds in theory, I would rather keep my memories untampered. Brains are really bad at actually remembering things as they were at the time when they were remembered, any tampering might as well go unnoticed. I would rather not experience my favorite media for the first time again and also not risk getting my entire personality rewritten because of a bug or even worse - deliberate action.
Steam came to my mind with this situation as well. I assume the outcry would be loud if this happened there. But it gives another good reason to shift habits.
I actually look forward to parties where people delete their memory of certain media, in order to enjoy it for the first time, maybe it’s not even delete but suppress the memory so that people can compare their first first time to their second first time.