The worst kind of tech hype is when something is portrayed as inevitable and unstoppable, with criticism or doubt blithely dismissed as "they don't get it".

Just because a giant tech company pours vast amounts of money down a toilet, that doesn't mean the toilet is going to start spewing gold coins into the air.

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@FediThing Some of that is because PR blasts are quick, and low-level news reporting is a grind, possibly to even make minimum wage. (In other words, because the reporters don't have much time, it ends up with a lot of news being regurgitation of company PR.)