It seems that way to us on the face of it but the lines that've been trotted out are firstly the worry that money is coming from an illegal source whether underaged or trafficked and secondly that money laundering could be happening, OF would be/is an extremely easy way to clean dirty money.
They used to have to set up actual businesses that did actual work in case a genuine customer appeared, now they can buy feet pics and jars of farts or whatever.
It's funny how the few who're totally sold on Bluetooth go "ugh, but then you'd need a headphone jack" as if it isn't an upgrade for others which wouldn't affect their ability to use Bluetooth at all.
They've updated their preview feature TOS as recently as last month to push forward with avatars and community points, I reckon they're just biding time to sync it with the next bull run to maximise value and heighten chance of seeming like they have genius cutting edge foresight.
The bottom of that's also funny because it makes it clear their smart contract is permissioned and if they don't like what you do with your virtual goods they can remove them from you. Very immutable, wow, such ownership.
I know in your example you're trying to give the right answer or explanation as you see it, but this is also very closely related to Cunningham's Law:
The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer.
So you're still providing a service even if it feels bad to have an expert steamroll whatever perception you had. Chances are tons of people had the same vague notion as you and your misguided logic eventually led to the correct path.
If you're not terrified of the oblivion before your birth, why be terrified of the oblivion after your death?
The AIC one is so painful to watch for me, Layne looks about as healthy as he was at the time. Like an apparition.
old.lemmy.world should fix those woes.
Making a new account and linking to your old one in the bio isn't as convoluted as it may sound.
If used by a home user who didn't know what they were doing they might have run it hotter for much longer than a typical gamer so the thermal paste might need a redo.
If used by some miner doing it even quasi-professionally or as a side-gig I'd much prefer it over a 2nd hand card from any typical gamer (most miners) they've kept the voltage/temps low and taken care of it far better than a gamer who might be power cycling regularly and definitely thermal cycling even more regularly.