• aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      2 hours ago

      Because we live in a capitalist hellscape and the companies that implemented these tricks were the fastest growing segment of our economy for like 15 years (esp after the 2008 crash) so the government turned a blind eye. Now they control the world and are able to literally buy politicians

    • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      3 hours ago

      We let them and also you need quite a lot of skill to overcome it as it is a kind of a cat and mouse game. And there’s a end game of "tell us who you are or else we don’t tell you the price, or we tell you only the ‘highest price that nobody pays’ "