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> I can give young people a pass

Or just anyone non-technical. They barely understand these things, if someone makes a claim, they kinda have to take it at face value.

What FAANG all are doing is massively irresponsible...





Cue meme: "You really think someone would do that? Just go on the Internet and tell lies?"

... Except perhaps with phrases like "major company" and "for profit", and "not legally actionable".


> phrases like "major company"

Right here. And I think you're not quite getting it if you have to refer to "go on the internet and tell lies"...

Sure plenty of people might be on "social media" and have some idea that people fib, but they aren't necessarily generally "surfing the internet".

To them, saying "the internet tells lies" is comparable to saying "well sometimes, at the grocery store, you buy poison instead of food", and yes, it can happen, but they aren't expecting to need a mass spectrometer and a full lab team to test for food safety... to you know, separate the snake oil grocers from the "good" food vendors.




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