you give them too much credit. they've raised prices because they can and they know people will pay, not for any altruistic or noble reason. the problem is that people love to preach about boycotts and speaking with their wallet but are notoriously fickle and hypocritical when it comes down to it.  they think that simply whining about it will solve it; that if they complain then they can motivate other people to do the "work" while they still buy what they want and get the best of both worlds. they think they've cracked the code and this is some sort of genius workaround. except, the problem is that kind of thinking isn't unique to them and it's the same thing literally every other retard is thinking, so in the end they all just end up supporting what they hate in the end regardless because they're so lost in "sunken cost fallacy" that they just can't step away and not give their money to people who gladly fuck them over.
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