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this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2026
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Very unpopular opinion.
The trouble with AI is it allows a gaming of consumers (dropping shovelwear, using review farms to boost it, cashing out, repeat) which reduces the overall quality of product on the market.
An AI flag warns people of this risk, and helps mitigate this harm.
I won't go into the dubious legal status of AI content, but that is also a risk the consumer should be aware of.
You wouldn't think so from the upvotes 🤔 Maybe there are more who think like me than either of us would have imagined.
I don't disagree with your assessment, I'd just say that the same argument applies to empowering the creator of the tools in my argument. Giving money to Apple results in more e-waste, due to their corporate strategy of forced obsolescence, harming the environment for everyone.
Upvotes mean they agree the opinion is unpopular.
Exactly. So the lack of upvotes implies my opinion is popular, no? At least when compared to the ratio of upvotes on the top comments.
I'm 99% sure you're a troll.
I swear I'm not being obtuse, but for the purpose of my edification would you please define a troll by your own personal definition. Maybe I am, and just don't realize it. I don't believe so, but apparently silent observers agree with you.
I would disagree that your sentiment matches - my argument is that AI can strongly facilitate anti-consumer practices that directly impact the buyer.
You're arguing on broader ethical grounds - it's less direct.
Sorry if I'm being obtuse, as it's not intentional, but I don't understand. You don't believe that Apple implements anti-consumer practices that directly impact the buyer? If so, and I'm understanding correctly, then we greatly disagree on that point. I'd say their impact is even more direct than that of AI.
Apple's processes impact the users of Apple devices (in your scenario, the developers), not those who purchase the games made on apple devices (in this scenario, the ones who are warned).
Again, for clarity, the warnings of AI content protect the purchaser of software, not the developer. So far, you've failed to assail, or offer even reasonable doubt upon, this point.
Actually their anti-consumer choices impact everyone, not just developers nor just gamers, due to the creation of e-waste. Hardware that is still fully functional and powerful, but Apple has arbitrarily decided they are excluding it from OS updates. It's planned obsolescence, and it unnecessarily causes people to churn through hardware - filling up landfills.
I disagree that warnings will protect anyone, or are even necessary. However, since they're there they should be used to warn people that their money will go towards the creation of more e-waste.
I think, at this point, you're determined to conflate things to defend AI labelling. Re-read my posts a few times and when you manage to untwist the concepts of purchaser and developer drop me a reply.