[hn_throwaway_99]

> one is to be upfront about it on every advertisement and service description

Did you even bother reading the thread? What happens when your company gets sold, and all the old promises are thrown out the window? This has happened many times before (just ask Palmer Lucky about Facebook logins for Oculus), and that is what people are asking is preventable, and your suggestion does nothing to solve that problem.

[1oooqooq]

the marketing will have to remove all promises, so customers can move out.

they get around this using platitudes, like "do no evil".