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> It's not a trick But it is a trick, it's a variant of bait-and-switch where the bait didn't even exist to begin with and they don't bother switching somethin
by kardos 10y ago
> It's not a trick
But it is a trick, it's a variant of bait-and-switch where the bait didn't even exist to begin with and they don't bother switching something in. (Presumably-- the article doesn't say what the user sees after clicking the fake link). If I clicked it, I would feel misled. In a sense it's harmless, there's no shortage of misleading crap on the internet and this is just another drop in the ocean. But it's definitely in bad faith. Payback for using ad blockers?
- marcus_holmes 10y agoyeah I guess in that sense it's a trick. But serves the buggers right for lying in the first place! If people would just say what they mean and mean what they say, we would have nicer things ;)