Every social media is filled with these so-called gurus and I'm honestly not surprised.
And it becomes especially obvious within social media, clickbank and dropshipping business models that those who teach, most of the times, have no idea what they're talking about and just push on rehashed content. That's especially clear when you roam around youtube. And why wouldn't they? Why would you put hard work into something that "might" work, if you can prey on newbies who look for an easy solution? And if your "students" don't succeed it's because they did something wrong, be it shitty product, bad keywords or poor copy etc. It's a fail-proof game.
And even the price point don't tell anything about quality. I've seen countless garbage courses for $500, who offer no more than you could find here for free without even having to do much searching. And one might say, well if it's shit, you just refund. But the thing is, a lot of people won't do anything anyway, so they buy and forget about it ( instant gratification I guess? ), another part won't refund. And then I've seen a lot of courses now, that offer refunds only if you can prove that you've taken every damn step as per course and haven't made at least $1. And if you by some miracle did make a dollar, and then made nothing after that, well... you are screwed.
It became so difficult to look for good information, be it paid or free, because a lot of the times, in both cases you'll get pushed with other products ( which they are affiliated with ) "in order to succeed" and you end up having no money and essentially fail. And I believe, that they believe, that they are providing so much value for people, so why feel guilty? It's still information and they took their time to put it in a structured way so they are definitely not wrong.
But it triggers me so much that, like someone already mentioned above, they don't disclose a lot of things until after you bought it, if ever at all. Which is why we still see posts like " how to make passive $2k a month, without investment or money or doing anything at all", because it's so tempting to believe in these fairy tales, especially if you are in a rut.
I'm telling you, it looks like a gold-mine, and I'm one step closer to jumping into that shit myself lol. Sorry for the rant