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by api 3606 days ago
The same perverse incentive underlies all marketing. If you tell the truth and make sane claims you lose to flash, grandiosity, and viral gimmicks. Over time the whole system runs over a cliff. It's sort of a game theory meltdown thing.

It is eventually self correcting, but that usually involves a market crash and a Game of Thrones style winter where the junk is purged.