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Rich Dad, Poor Dad

There was no 'Rich Dad', it's all made up snake-oil.

Not all, but a lot of coaches. Like the 23-year old just out of school "executive coach", or the "lifestyle coaches", "energetic coaches" etc.

The new age environment comes to mind, with everything from colonic washes to crystals.

I'm shocked that no one has said Essential Oils yet.

If you run a website: Paid SSL/TLS certificates. Free ones like Let's Encrypt and ZeroSSL are just as good, and can be automatically renewed.

"Social" "networking"

Essential oil.

Agile Coaches.

It’s like having a cadre of political officers in your team.

Not a product, but life coach feels like the snake oil version of therapy.

I mean isn't it obviously homoeopathy and a significant part of the rest of alternative medicine (not all of it I guess). It is a billion euro business in Germany alone.

Upward mobility

Gamer glasses

The American "food" industry, the American "health care" industry, American politics, the prison industrial complex, the military industrial complex, entertainment, right off the top of my head.

GrapheneOS. Among the considered Android custom ROMs suitable to use, it is THE snake oil for security and privacy. It is mostly a rebranding of AOSP features and kdrag0n’s project put on top of AOSP. It is a deep rabbit hole. I did a dissertation of what it is over a year ago. https://i.imgur.com/pQHoq84.jpg

Linux/FOSS/privacy communities across Telegram, 4chan, Reddit and Lemmy are filled with propaganda they disseminate, often via few hour old accounts or via long thesis like comment spam. They have instructions on how to do this publicly. https://imgur.com/a/fpcsIL2

Any questioning or criticism of this snake oil product will result in an instant ban, and further questioning may result in internet wide harassment, bullying and witch hunting.

Great alternatives are CalyxOS and LineageOS. The devs and community behind them are respectful, helpful and welcoming of criticism. They also do not harass critics and go around shit flinging on other FOSS projects. They also do not shill for Big Tech or Google/Apple.

Edit: seems like GrapheneOS sockpuppets are back at downvoting

Standing desks - stationary standing is just as bad as stationary sitting.

Blue light filter stuff - it's my understanding that there's no evidence that blue light causes eye strain.

Finance courses promoted by various youtubers.

the vast majority of skincare products.

• Alkaline water
• Smart toothbrushes
• Chiropractors
• Yearly bug and pest deterrent spraying around exteriors of buildings
• Self help books
• Apps like Nerdwallet