No, just more really bad values and more profit for sellers in a few relatively rare “high end” cases than ever. In other words more people than ever attempting to cash in on “easy money” . Any Joe Blow can come on here and try to sell a wire for astronomical profit. Why not? If scams are allowed someone will take up the invitation.
One totally unknown guy was hawking a $10k power cable here not long ago and had a noisy cohort here handy who supposedly tried it (for free most likely) and then gushed in a thread that cost nothing as well here. I wonder what his cut of the almost total profit was?
It can be pretty shameful. But it’s only hifi. Nobody hurt except any suckers who bite.