I. THE SOULKILLER PROTOCOL
Arasaka calls it "Secure Your Soul." The street calls it "Soulkiller."
Why? Because the process of uploading your mind destroys the original. You don't live forever; a Copy of you lives on Arasaka's servers.
You die. The Corporation gets your IP (Intellectual Property). It owns your memories, your secrets, and your personality.
II. THE SUBSCRIPTION MODEL OF ETERNITY
What happens if your family stops paying the monthly fee?
Your "Soul" goes into cold storage. Or worse, it gets deleted. Or edited.
Arasaka turned the Afterlife into a SaaS (Software as a Service) product. They monetized Heaven.
III. THE JOHNNY SILVERHAND EXCEPTION
They kept Johnny Silverhand (The Terrorist/Bard) not to save him, but to torture him. To interrogate him.
This reveals the true purpose of Mikoshi: It is not a Heaven. It is a **Prison.**
The Lesson: Never upload your mind to a server you do not own.