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Re:U.S. opens probe into Tesla’s Autopilot over emergency ve... by SECProto on Monday August 16, 2021 @05:52PM (#28203413)
It sounds like you're advertising it. "The future can be yours, today. For the introductory monthly price of 79.99. Sign up here[1]"
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Re:U.S. opens probe into Tesla’s Autopilot over emergency ve... by jedberg on Monday August 16, 2021 @05:56PM (#28203454)
This doesn't even make sense. Simply mentioning the name of a product I use is not advertising. Otherwise, is every person here who mentions Tesla advertising too?
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Re:U.S. opens probe into Tesla’s Autopilot over emergency ve... by SECProto on Monday August 16, 2021 @07:33PM (#28204203)
> Simply mentioning the name of a product I use is not advertising.

Sorry, I actually meant to refer to Birken's comment above. Advertising might not have been the best word - astroturfing? If you read their comment but replace "comma" with "tesla" it still reads as spammy.

Yours was fine (though discussing downvotes will always get you downvotes, my comment included).

> Otherwise, is every person here who mentions Tesla advertising too?

Only the ones who needlessly sing the praises of the Tesla autopilot in barely-related threads.

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