J. Steven York RESISTSJul 24, 2025
So, I keep seeing these ads for a gamer map package. It's pitched like software, but actually it's just a brush and assets pack for GIMP or Photoshop or whatever. Looked scammy, so searched and found a long Reddit thread where the company "representative" defending that it wasn't just stolen assets and AI, sure looked to me like an AI bot. Huh. That's new to me. Anyone else seeing AI as social adjuncts to scam businesses?
#ai #bots #scams #ripoffs #business #socialMedia
OldmeanroyJun 12, 2025

@TheAntiM
#StolenGuitar #Ripoffs
I ain't singin the blues

https://youtu.be/Y86XTctQQvg

i ain't gonna sing the blues

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Hacker NewsApr 15, 2025

One of the Most Egregious Ripoffs in the History of Science – The Race to DNA

https://nautil.us/one-of-the-most-egregious-ripoffs-in-the-history-of-science-238331/

#HackerNews #One #of #the #Most #Egregious #Ripoffs #in #the #History #of #Science #– #The #Race #to #DNA

science #history #ripoff #DNA #research #ethics

One of the Most Egregious Ripoffs in the History of Science

A new history of the race to decipher DNA reveals Shakespearean plots of scheming.

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ResearchBuzz: FirehoseMar 23, 2025

Ars Technica: “Literally just a copy”—hit iOS game accused of unauthorized HTML5 code theft. “Here at Ars, we’ve written frequently about the video game industry’s ongoing problem with blatant game cloning and the shifting legal and ethical landscape around the issue. But we’ve rarely seen a case of alleged game theft as blatant as the one surrounding recent iOS App Store hit My Baby or […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/23/literally-just-a-copy-hit-ios-game-accused-of-unauthorized-html5-code-theft-ars-technica/

“Literally just a copy”—hit iOS game accused of unauthorized HTML5 code theft (Ars Technica) | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

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OCTADEFeb 11, 2025
My cellular carrier won't let me send email to my own SMS email. They will of course offer a paid service that will allow me to email my own phone.

I also have a paid, parked, Internet SMS number. The entire industry got together, decided that we are not allowed to send SMS messages anymore, and offered plans to pay $20 a month to use a SMS TEXT number that we're ALREADY PAYING FOR.

They are literally converting a free service that has been free since forever, and arbitrarily adding mail servers to their blocklist for no reason. Then they are taking the paid service, and saying, pay us $20 more per month for your SMS, and we'll let you actually use it. Thieves, all of them.

#SMS #Cellular #Phones #Telephone #PhoneParking #Grifts #Ripoffs
StarburstDec 5, 2024

Home Depot accused of faking Black Friday deals by masking original prices with holiday sale stickers showing the same cost - FORTUNE https://apple.news/AvMNhKjyuRSGm0axNSD0hQg

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#HomeDepot

#Scams
#HomeImprovement
#Lowes
#RipOffs
#BlackFriday
#Sales

Home Depot accused of faking Black Friday deals by masking original prices with holiday sale stickers showing the same cost — FORTUNE

The retailer hasn’t responded, but the alleged “pricing shenanigans” are just the latest example of how some shoppers think Black Friday is a farce.

InglebardSep 8, 2024

New video! Check out some of gaming's biggest ripoffs!

See big games like Super Mario Bros, Street Fighter II, Rolling Thunder, Mercs, Galaxy Force II and games that drew just a TAD of inspiration from them!

link: https://youtu.be/NF3QDVgA4pY
#capcom #sega #namco #retrogaming #16bit #8bit #arcade #NES #ripoffs #inspriation #inspiredby #streetfighter #supermario #galaxyforceII

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ZagoneAug 20, 2024

What's up lately with companies jerking their customers around with free offers that THEY offered?

There is the restaurant that volunteered a "Spend $80 get $8 off" coupon. It was unclear whether that was $8 off the current order or a coupon for the future. Whatever. We bought 2 deserts and an appetizer to get to $85. They delete the appetizer to make the order $79.96. No coupon.

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#ripoffs #customerservicefails

Maria Langer | 📝🛥️💎Aug 12, 2024

Today, on the last day of an 8,200 nautical mile journey, I had to load an app onto my phone, give an unknown company a credit card number, and authorize a $10 charge when I only needed $7 just to do two loads of laundry.

The last time I was forced to do this on a trip, I tried to get the balance back and when they refused, I complained to the App Store and I got all of my money back. Free laundry. It looks like I'll be doing that again today. #boating #BoatLife #ripoffs

Kara FinanceFeb 27, 2024

Word Search Puzzle 245

Word List : #chanidae #modula #ogonium #trine #ripoffs #wereass #unshod #sawyers #trochil #rallinae #darking #detailer #hookless #jerking #brahmana #privater #tahar #dissolve

http://karafinance.com/2024/02/27/word-search-puzzle-245/

Word Search Puzzle 245

Word List : #chanidae #modula #ogonium #trine #ripoffs #wereass #unshod #sawyers #trochil #rallinae #darking #detailer #hookless #jerking #brahmana #privater #tahar #dissolve

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