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They paid to interact with a computer, and they did. On the Internet nobody knows I'm a dog, and that's ok.

This is not what is advertised, and if it was there would be no money in it.

I've been alive for several decades and almost nothing I've gotten was exactly as advertised.

I'm not saying that's good, but it's consistent with reality.

Consistent with what you think of as reality. For all you know, you're being Truman Show'ed.