It’s the most blatant excuse for state sponsored hacking I’ve ever seen. Surely nobody is dumb enough to buy this shit?

  • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    I figured it was PR for these companies

    i fail to see how “we are stupid enough that we can’t get the product we made to reliably do what we want” is positive press, but here we are

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      11 days ago

      The term many are using for this media strategy is “critihype”: criticism which is secretly meant to hype products.

      It’s basically a version of those click bait Internet ads that warn ‘Do not!! Play this free adult adventure fantasy RPG! This game is TOO SEXY! Highly addictive!’