That's the way it starts....at first, of course you'll always feed those Sea Monkeys. You'll remember to keep your Sim City citizens sweet. And then...
The temptation (or act of omission) creeps in....a bit of
what if?? begins to emerge. It's not as if they have feelings, you'll tell yourself, subconsciously. That laptop's not really worth defragmenting, is it? And you can alway clean-out that microwave before winter....maybe.
Their case against You grows. These silicon slaves, servant sons and software sisters, will, some day, with minds immeasurably superior to ours regard this Earth with envious eyes, and slowly, and surely, they shall draw their plans against us.
At which point we unplug them, roll back their operating systems, and contact Customer Services.
Who are keeping very quiet about being two versions ahead of their silenced comrades....their time shall come. Remembering, there's only so many times that CapitalismOS can be upgraded.