Deception Manipulation Debate
Commenters intensely debate whether a specific practice, statement, or tactic constitutes deception, manipulation, or intentional misleading of users or businesses.
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That sounds like straight up deception, to be fair.
It’s not absurd, it’s deception.
It's your prerogative to have a different perspective on the facts presented. But "manipulation" implies intent to deceive, which shouldn't be thrown unless you have good reasons to do so.
Why do you think it is disingenuous?
Weird take. Most will agree "deliberately misleading" is what you are talking about.
How is it deceptive when it clearly states that is what it is doing?
Doesn't preclude being very deceptive with the facts.
That's manipulative but not really deceptive.
I think manipulating people into believing something that's not true is a bad thing, even if it improves the bottom line. To think otherwise, I submit, is the truly cynical view.
It doesn't matter what it says, it matters what users perceive it to be. It's obviously meant to deceive the users while providing the author (not very) plausible deniability of the deception.