[tghw]

Does anyone else find it disingenuous that their homepage has the words "Welcome to Rosa Labs" backed by a stock photo of what must be a much larger lab? I doubt their "labs" look anything like that.

[chadwickthebold]

Good point. Startups can get away with using stock photography to show the use cases for their product, but it does seem a little questionable to have stock photos for a science-based company like this to use stock photos of a space that probably isn't theirs, and a 'guy-looking-into-microscope' that probably doesn't work there.

[KevinEldon]

Small tech companies use stock data center photography all of the time. It's usually kind of tacky honestly, but is it really that different?

[vdaniuk]

Its popular to hate on Soylent, so anything goes, including use of stock photos.

[tptacek]

If that isn't actually their lab, yes, that's extremely disingenuous, and potentially even actionable.

[edwardio]

Reverse image search, looks like its a stock photo: (apologizes for the long url) https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZis1D9mIAbiUBTpGcU...

[enraged_camel]

It may be disingenuous, but actionable? I really, really doubt that.

[tptacek]

California unfair competition law is pretty broad.

[smnrchrds]

I didn't like the photos either. Specially the second one which shows someone in lab coat looking into a microscope. It gives the sense that the product is being tested extensively by professionals, while the reality is much different.

If the team thinks they can make a food product without nutritionists or doctors, they should just a picture of themselves on the front page.

[KevinEldon]

No, it's not a problem for me.