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by c0pium 1004 days ago
You don’t need to sift through it, though. There’s no prize for catching companies in the act. Figure out which toothpaste you want, decide whether youre willing to spend the money, then buy it or don’t.

They do it because otherwise people will complain incessantly about price increases and this way people only complain intermittently about shrinkflation.

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The prize is making well informed decisions.
You should read the sentence after the one you replied to.