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> those are all cases where no one would tolerate anything more than 0% lossage.

Who says the size of a TV has to be measured not including the bezel?

Who says the seats in a car have to hold anyone taller than 4 feet?

I believe the FTC says screen dimensions must be viewable area. Coming from the CRT days when the bezel did cover part of the screen.

Exactly. The advertising of a consumer product is regulated for the FTC because otherwise it could be confusing / misleading.

Car seating is DMV in the US. And yes, they have specs - you can't claim it seats more than average amounts of humans without backing that up by claiming they're unusually small.

Precisely my point.

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