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Viri4thus@feddit.org 1 week ago
Oh look, another Tom’s guide advertorial masking as original content…
CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 1 week ago
catloaf@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Have they ever not been?
Viri4thus@feddit.org 1 week ago
Before the sale when Igor still wrote for them, Tom’s was pretty well respected as was Anand.
GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
I also suspect ArsTechnica of running sponsored AI stories these days.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
They’re all doing it. Most tech these days just isn’t exciting enough to attract attention without them pumping it up.
Mbourgon@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I would quite honestly be surprised, they have been vocal in the past about having no such thing.