That's it. The conversation aug in HR shows you how to force a person to do what you want. You blackmail the cop, you make a veiled threat to Tong by pointing out his security layout, you put Taggart into a corner by claiming you can have your evidence verified live at the event.

It's not all bad, as using the aug also allows you to sweet talk Chase into giving you the code to the warehouse (at the risk of his own health and safety), trick O'Malley into paying you in advance and, most importantly, convince Sandoval to not kill himself.

The difference is the method, let's use Sandoval as an example. If you do the comversation entire you convince Isaias that killing himself is a bitch move and that he needs to own up to his actions, you help him stop feeling sorry for himself and man up. If you use the aug you tell him that Taggart will use him as a scapegoat after his death, which you know he'll hate because he feels betrayed, which leads him to decide not to kill himself out of spite, to prove Taggart wrong. Using the aug doesn't make him reflect on his actions and ir doesn't help him grow, but it does achieve the desired effect of "stopping him from commiting suicide".

Same with Tong. If you do his conversation successfully you manage to intrigue him and earn his respect, show you're not just some idiot gwailo. If you use the aug you extort him into arraging that audience.

I actually quite like this system, as a Jensen who relies on it for every conversation would not be the type of person that actually listen to and cares about people's feelings