[kbenson]

I don't know why people are coming into the thread here so strongly to defend huge corporations...

I know my reaction when I see statements that seem too strongly worded to be rational is to play devil's advocate, to try to bring a little rationality to the conversation (or, alternatively, learn the reason why the strong working is warranted).

There is no reason for any of this besides naked profit taking and deception.

Saying there is no reason in this case assumes more knowledge of the situation than you could possibly have. Besides that, you begged the question in the previous paragraph.