Yes. As I was saying elsewhere, he’s a journalist reporting on tech which includes scams, so of course he did actually used a real card to test, otherwise he’d be speculating rather than investigating.

And we’d probably not be hearing about this.

He’s a journalist reporting on tech which includes scams, of course he did otherwise he’d be speculating rather than investigating.

And we’d probably not be hearing about this.

We live in dynamic environments of complex interacting relationships, in case you hadn’t realised, so outcomes are not binary.

It makes them part of the cultural Zeitgeist. And when they are already famous, it maintains their currency in that regard.