In not justifying any tactics. But if you dislike the revenue model that funds most websites.. eg ads+page views, you can always run out and buy a print magazine while they still exist.
As the original poster, I definitely realized it's a joke, and I assumed everyone else would see it, too: Lightning connectors are hardly "long in the tooth," there's no such thing as a "42.6 ARM-based multiplexer unit" (whatever it might be multiplexing), and yes, a Chinese menu hardly lends any credibility to the image.
There might be other "clues," too: The terrible resolution, the overlay from "Turdhead.com," ... and um... the fact that the photo shows a TRS-80 Model 100 produced more than 25 years ago.
Still, I guess it's as "official" as any other photos we've seen to date.