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		hinkley on Dec 7, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I gave Amazon a key to my house and regretted it I hate that we’re at a place where you now have to assume every business is lying to you every time their lips are moving/they communicate. How did we get here?

mindslight on Dec 7, 2017 | [–]

Market optimization. Mistaken beliefs are arbitrageable.

pjc50 on Dec 7, 2017 | [–]

A combination of "buyer beware", inadequate consumer advocacy, bought legislators, and a lack of competition.

The only reason not to lie would be real negative consequences, and those don't happen so much in the fake news era.

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