Nanofabricators, DRM and Forced Scarcity

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by Langy

Which doesn't help if you can't program them or you consider them illegal, since they're effectively slaves.

Unlikely in a scenario where the government does, or turns a blind eye to corps doing, the rest of the oppressive stuff that puts much of the population into debt slavery.

Also, what is this 'cannot program'? We're talking about a post-nanotech-revolution setting; nanodrugs and psychosurgery FTW!