Proper clickbait titles are more like “You wouldn’t believe the car brand we were able to unlock!” And when you click through, the article tells you. What advanced form of clickbait is this where the authors doesn’t even disclose the most important part of the story? Why is he protecting the car company by redacting the brand through the entire article?

> Why is he protecting the car company

He is not protecting the car company. He is protecting himself.

Both can be true.

Manufacturer is not disclosed, but the car in video is RAV4. Lol

The whole post is so badly written and explained. At least it wasn't AI generated I guess

I didn't find this hard to read or understand, though perhaps his writing style just aligns with my own and I do have experience in the methods being used.

What a ludicrous complaint. It's perfectly readable. What possible motivation does one have to broadly proclaim something is "badly" done from an armchair without a modicum of justification? And then follow it up with an AI-whine. It's roiling to me.

No more than your comment, right? Look there's another comment about the title: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50419520

I found it difficult because I didn't realize that X brand is a placeholder. I don't know all the car brands.

I think it's because it critically was missing context. So you're constantly trying to frame and reconcile it while reading. When first reading I thought there was actually a car brand named X -- and it doesn't seem out of the question.

But it makes the content seem awkward and clunky. So a reader going in with the correct context has a very different experience.

Yes I think you're right. I've reread it after reading through this thread and it was easier to understand with the context added.