So the point is that Real Cloud Mining is Mining I wouldn't be surprised if people think this is just a semantic issue. At the end of the day whether you claim it is a real mining rental or not doesn't matter if the customer can't verify anything. I think as long as people understand the process whether the company calls it cloud mining or rental mining doesn't matter as much.
I think this is well said. One point of differentiation that I think is not *just* semantic is that cloud mining is when a company sells it's own hashrate production. Two companies that do this currently are BitFuFu and Bitdeer (the second seemingly to a lesser extent). Both are bitmain ofshoots. Because Nicehash, MRR, and Rigly are venues where various independent miners go to commercialize their hashrate to individuals instead of pools, I think the term hashrate "marketplace" is more appropriate.
It would be better if they allowed customers to verify their service such as giving details about the hash rate, mining location, power distribution, etc as long as it doesn't sacrifice the miners' privacy. I guess having a reputation helps to alleviate this issue. CMIIW.
I work at rigly.io and we're working on providing as much information as we can about the hashrate for sale while not encroaching upon the miner's privacy.