[GrinningFool]

The rules say we should default to assuming good faith in comments. But it's hard when I see this comment in 2026.

[LtWorf]

“A pensar male degli altri si fa peccato ma spesso ci si indovina.” — Giulio Andreotti

(it's a sin to assume bad intent, but you often get it right)

He was a very controversial italian politician.

[luxuryballs]

what would the bad faith motive even be?

[buellerbueller]

$$$, one of the classic bad faith motives. Most of tech nowadays is subsidized by advertising and profiling to some degree, often quite a large degree.