"Michael Straight, a former jockey paralyzed from the waist down, was left unable to walk for two months after the company behind his $100,000 exoskeleton refused to fix a battery issue. "
“I called [the company] thinking it was no big deal, yet I was told they stopped working on any machine that was 5 years or older,”
“Ancient” lathes, milling machines work fine. You don’t need the newest control software when the old one does the job. And good luck convincing someone to buy a $100k machine just because it is new.