[DanHulton]

But on the other other hand, there's the commercials generated to sell new models or new model features, that FREQUENTLY lie about actual capabilities and fake demos and don't actually end with an equivalent amount of time going over how actual usage may be shit and completely unlike the advertisement.

I'd say parent is absolutely correct - we ARE being sold (quite literally, through promotional material, i.e. ads) that these models are way more capable than they actually are.