Strangely enough, I don't recall any companies advertising to consumers that they outsourced.

Yes, but everyone kept it as quiet as possible.

Or have you ever seen an advertisement for US/EU tech that said: "Developed and designed by our software experts in the Philippines", or "Call our help line and we transfer your call to India for free!"

True, but companies seem more likely to publicly brag about their use of AI than about outsourcing their call center to another country.

> That mentality existed well before AI. See out-sourcing.

Consumers love outsourced call centers, don't they?

Out-sourcing does still involve humans, to be fair. If the premise is that "humans prefer human output" then outsourcing would still be preferred, even if it is preferred less.

Bombs existed before nukes. Is anti-nuke sentiment illegitimate?

Sure! But it's now more convenient when it's written up-front in the company name!

It’s terrible marketing. Telling someone “the product I’m selling will make you jobless and have no value to society” isn’t very persuasive. Outsourcing was not something promoted to the masses.

Never waste a good alreadism!