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This is just an example of how marketing knows nothing about the products they are marketing, or are just flat out snake oil sales. Like packaging for bacon exclaiming "gluten free"

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>This is just an example of how marketing knows nothing about the products they are marketing

Or it is a question that people who are not familiar with technology will ask frequently and makes no sense to people who are.

I use bing, and tell people to 'bing it' sometimes (instead of 'google it').

I had a family member ask "will bing work with my yahoo?"

So... I know those words individually, but... man... together, in that order... I don't know how to respond. I think I said something like "don't worry about it - it's not that big a deal" and left it at that.

I mean... but it is? They're not wrong. Either the marketing works or it doesn't, but it's not false. If it works, then it's good marketing. If it doesn't, then the marketers don't know their market.

Ah yes, "this cereal is asbestos-free!" kind of marketing. It's on the same page with non-GMO salt.

Exactly. It doesn't really matter that the claim is technically true, it just has no bearing whatsoever on the product itself.

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