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False advertising is a crime. I don't know where you live but that alone will stop the above problem. And you can get refunds regardless on most major platforms
by searchableguy 7y ago
False advertising is a crime. I don't know where you live but that alone will stop the above problem. And you can get refunds regardless on most major platforms of software distribution available to masses.
Many countries have pro-consumer laws which protect them from exactly this.
- BenjiWiebe 7y agoWouldn't intent matter, with false advertising? If the advertiser fully believed in what they were advertising, only to later discover it didn't do what they said it did, is that false advertising?
- SubiculumCode 7y agoMeanwhile, you destroy lives as post-docs, research associates funded by that grant lose their jobs suddenly and have to scramble to find a new one. Again, you appear to want dis-incentivize honesty. That this researcher was honest makes their future research twice as productive in my eyes. Not only are they less likely to make that kind of mistake again, you can probably trust them to not lie about their research.