wholookshere

Totally on that page with you.

But there's a lot of people who will come say that, but only comment on China related calls, which reaks of "all lives matter" level of disingenuous.

I'll bite.

How often do you comment that on non Chinese cars?

What do you think an intentional leak is?

The last section specifically calls out an apple example

Provoking, the fourth type of leak, involves companies leaking truthful information in the hopes of obtaining useful information. In "How Apple Does Controlled Leaks" John Martellaro suggests that before launching the iPad, Apple may have released tablet information early for several reasons including wanting to gauge reaction to a US$1,000 price point; to panic or confuse competitors; or to whet analyst expectations. Hannah et al. caution that provoking could backfire if affected parties act on information they assume to be final but that subsequently turns out not to be, negatively affecting a company's reputation.

Source in article

https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/the-art-of-deliberately-leaking-corporate-secrets_b_8743858

No, it starts months before with teases and leaks.

Also like, you agree you knew what was in the envelope, you think that was an accident?

do you really think marketing starts at a launch? people have to know what's going to be announced to be excited to watch.

of course leaks are a part of that.

Not really no. It doesn't build hype.