Is "passive income" now synonymous with get-rich-quick schemes and fraud? Sometimes I cringe when I see Ask HN posts with this term. Even though the answers ar

Is "passive income" now synonymous with get-rich-quick schemes and fraud? Sometimes I cringe when I see Ask HN posts with this term. Even though the answers are usually sincere and illuminating, it seems that the motivation for seeking out this type of information is usually to find an idea for an easy niche to monetize, which is what a lot of the consumers of these "Amazon expert" courses are after, too.