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What popular product do you think is modern day snakeoil? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I don't disagree, but that's not "snakeoil".

Snake oil is a term used to describe deceptive marketing, health care fraud, or a scam. Similarly, snake oil salesman is a common label used to describe someone who sells, promotes, or is a general proponent of some valueless or fraudulent cure, remedy, or solution.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_oil