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Re:Coinbase’s chief product officer will leave with a $105M ... by loeg on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @12:39PM (#34521420)
Ripping off, literally, is theft. In the legal contexts you're talking about, it's used as a hyperbolic metaphor. Those are distinct meanings. Arguing about it is pointless.
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Re:Coinbase’s chief product officer will leave with a $105M ... by yamtaddle on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @01:03PM (#34521821)
I bet I see or hear "ripoff" and derivatives used to describe what turned out to be a shitty deal, about 100x more often than I see or hear it used to mean "stealing".

[EDIT] But perhaps it connotes differently outside American English? That could be.

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Re:Coinbase’s chief product officer will leave with a $105M ... by loeg on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @03:55PM (#34524049)
The metaphorical usage might be more common. But here's the definition: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rip-off
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