It doesn’t exactly need to be a secret plottwist, given the game literally starts with Simon’s brain damage, but there is also a bit of optional exposition about half way through about the gen 1 brainscans being primitive. Admittedly, it being consistent with the plot didn’t make Simon any less infuriating, at least for me.

Isn’t the smell just because the airlock dries out?

As a sidenote, that is exactly how most (all?) food delivery apps operate, presumably with no AI involved: Don’t want to list your restaurant on an app, no problem, someone unaffiliated will create listing in your name. You’ll still get customers complaining about high delivery prices, incorrect menu items and poor quality, while the app collects commissions and refuses to enforce any kind of control. Basically pressuring restaurants to pay for a listing on the app just to have any control over how their name is used.