If you are a crypto newbie and someone is shilling cloud mining beside you do not give them your ear, no single cloud mining is real they are all scam.
Can blame the guy since he is exposed with too much scam on cloud mining. Partly I agree since there are times even up to now that cloud mining being shared and circulated and we can saw some shitty ponzi scheme "try to deposit your money" and earn back in few months. Thats totally bull shit but there are legit cloud mining services out there. You just need to find them and dig in deep.