That's nothing new. I have seen fake trees that are cell towers. Been happening for over a decade now.
https://twistedsifter.com/2012/08/examples-of-cell-phone-tower-disguises/
Yeah, a tree that looks like an antenna was built near my house around 2002. Looks far better than a normal tower, I didn't even know it was fake till an cell tower engineer pointed it out
Longer than that. Many urban localities have regulations on how antennas can be places, and what they look like. It's been a thing ever since cellular antennas started to show up in urban areas.
When I was with the Bell System back in the 90s, there was a big display in the middle of the plant with some of the equipment made by the company, including a demo of hidden antenna systems.
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