[xwdv]

They wouldn’t feel tricked, but then they’d be pissed off at the rising prices, which affects their ability to enjoy the product.

If someone sells you a bag of chips but they’ve already eaten two of the chips, your enjoyment of the bag will still be the same as if you had the whole bag. If they reveal that fact to you though, then your experience will be soured.

This is for the consumer’s own benefit.

[daveoc64]

It does not benefit me when I have to buy two packs of something to obtain the same quantity of product.

[lotsofpulp]

People just like to feel outraged, apparently.

[chucksmash]

If you've always been sold a dozen eggs in a package that can hold twelve eggs, but suddenly the same package is relabelled and used to sell you only ten eggs, who in the world looks at that situation and says "as a rational market participant, I can't be mad because the package has indeed been updated to say 'ten eggs' and I just failed to take notice (yolk's on me)."

People like to be dealt with fairly. When they occasionally notice things that make them realize there are rooms full of people whose entire job is to trick them, they don't like it. Where's the mystery?

[c0pium]

Reading isn’t hard. People should try it.

[c0pium]

So much of modern life boils down to this.