Can you trust any product photos online anymore?
AI generation and deceptive pictures make it impossible to judge the actual look, feel, and quality of items from online photos alone. People end up doubting whether products are legitimate before they even buy them.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Ordering from multiple different suppliers to test products physically
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Are we sure this is legit?”source ↗
“Thank god I am not the only one who saw this and thought "this looks way too much like a medieval cat painting to be real"”source ↗
“Ugh can’t trust anything you see online anymore because of AI 😭”source ↗
“it's honestly hard to judge the feel and quality of the plastic from pics alone.”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
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- 4How do you know if a contractor's work is actually bad?
- 4When is it okay to use AI for product photos?