[big_whack]

Much cruder fakes than you are describing are a huge problem in practice, costing billions per year in fraud to Americans alone. Just because you can detect them, doesn't mean your grandma can.

The societal implications of undetectable fakes are off the charts.

[thimkerbell]

What does it mean that next to nobody is saying this? Are the ones who know, voting with their feet? And where is that?

[hammyhavoc]

People are saying this. You're on HN though, the demographics here can tend to skew money-grubbing techbros with who is the loudest and most defensive of anything they've got money riding on. Remember the crypto and NFT hype on HN? The bottom-line is only what matters to a good chunk of people here.