So uncomfortably true!
I recall spending a (large) number of weeks struggling through Elementary Stochastic Calculus, which had an incredibly misleading sticker on the cover proclaiming:-
“This book is suitable for the reader without a deep mathematical background.”
And yet, just across the ditch …
$35k in NZ for the base electric model: https://www.fiat.co.nz/en/offers/500e.html
And Facebook & Instagram were plastered with ads for the 500e last time I visited.