iPhone case with 85,000 reviews in days: everything fake in the age of abundance
tekbog · x · 2026-10-27
tekbog quotes a user noting Amazon reviews are now totally fake: an iPhone case racked up 85,000 reviews within days of the phone's Friday launch. He uses it to comment on the age of abundance: AI-driven hyper-optimization makes everything abundant — and fake.
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