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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Rich Dad, Poor Dad

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

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (7 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (7 children)

They smell nice, if you put them in those burner thing, they have that going to them.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

"Social" "networking"

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (8 children)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

Agile Coaches.

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

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

My eye Dr recommends the blue light filtering and "digital lenses" so I got them. I haven't noticed any difference in how my eyes felt. The info packet that came with the glasses noted at all claims regarding these features are not supported by any medical studies.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The American Dream... because you have to be asleep to believe it.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (10 children)

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

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[–] szczuroarturo 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Finance courses promoted by various youtubers.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (22 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (3 children)

the vast majority of skincare products.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)
  • Alkaline water
  • Smart toothbrushes
  • Chiropractors
  • Yearly bug and pest deterrent spraying around exteriors of buildings
  • Self help books
  • Apps like Nerdwallet
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