[bawolff]

I can't help but wonder if this is really so different from an ad for any tool. If you see an ad for say kitchenware, it probably contains a lot of beautiful food with the implication that if you buy the pan you too can cook great food. Of course that takes skill and the frying pan doesn't matter too much.

I guess im wondering where is the line that makes this evil but my made up frying pan ad just a harmless exageration.

[grncdr]

Pretty simple really: do the ads for the frying pan make the direct claim that the pan will put you on the path to becoming highly paid chef? Perhap opening a Michelin-starred restaurant with the skills your new pan has unlocked?

"you can cook better food" and "you can drastically improve your economic situation" are two very different promises (or implications) that should be held to very different standards.

[byzantinegene]

read the article. it stated clearly why vibe-coded apps do not work. a frying pan does its intended purpose.