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@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange 2026-07-21 11:37
@StarkRG@myside-yourside.net @0x2ba22e11@unstable.systems @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io Health insurance? Heavily regulated, comes with a long and detailed list of exactly what's covered. Mine came with a book specifically listing exemptions and pointing to their failure to put things there has always caused them to pay up. Cigarettes? By law, contains a health warning saying it will kill you. Does exactly what the health warning promises. Self help books? Maybe. Though they rarely make strong claims about what they're doing. If they give medical advice, that's usually illegal. And they rarely come from big brands. Almost anything marketed by youtubers? Not looked at YouTube for years, so I've no idea what this encompasses. How many of them are selling goods from reputable brands that don't work as advertised? Note: I have specifically confined myself in this thread to talking about things from well-known brands. Google is a trillion dollar company. They are not some fly-by-night operator. The product they're selling has a clear connection back to a provider that is trusted as a government supplier in a load of the world. This isn't some random thing that you get in a back alley, this is a product that one of the largest companies in the world has put its name against. And it doesn't work at all for the purpose for which sold. That's been illegal in the UK for longer than I've been alive (1979 Sale of Goods Act). I don't know where you live, but I assume most civilised places have similar laws. If you buy from some dodgy guy in a back alley, you won't get these protections because you won't be able to find him to enforce them, but if you buy from a legitimate business then you should be able to.