[milesward]

it's worse than that: nobody knows! how are we supposed to know if all the investment vendor A made in "reliability" of their appliance will actually work, or if it was just spent wastefully? And oops: past results don't reflect future outcomes, so you can't even really bank on a brand or a reputation: who knows if they just cut all Q/A staff? Welcome to entropy my friends!

[Terr_]

Entropy would be an upgrade since it would be indifferent to human concerns and manageable by statistics.

In contrast, product information invites people crafting lies for an advantage.