It's not the same thing; Monero may suffer from invisible inflation.
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You're right, it's not the same thing.
One (BTC) happened in reality, thankfully very early on so the chain was rolled back (such decentralized, very censorship resistant!) and things moved on.
The other (XMR) lives rent-free in your head to you can justify your pig-headed stubborness to yourself.
I'm not gloating about the early inflation bug in 2010 because the technology was new. But then there was another inflation bug in 2018... And that's a skill issue.
At the moment, only Bitcoin had this problem. But, as always, "Monero is bad". :)
The difference is that bitcoin inflation bugs can be detected, while monero bugs cannot.
The monero website itself warns you that if you need a verifiable supply, you should use Bitcoin.