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[–] Buffalox 6 points 1 year ago

Yes. When a review is in fact an advertisement and not a review, it's lie to call it a review without disclosing they are paid to make it, which makes it an advertisement.

They fooled me once about 8-9 years ago. After that it has been pretty obvious to me, that it was not just a 1 off.