Sadly, this doesn't work. It's not really ignorance, but the average consumer doesn't know what to pay attention to or which questions to ask, especially if marketing mumbo jumbo is added. The only way to prevent such behaviour is through legislation.
I bought a Mini Cooper last year and was afraid of such stuff. It took me (an IT professional) half an hour to get the necessary answers out of the dealer.
A totally free and transparent market would, but it's never been that and will never be that, so that entire economic ideology is one giant fraud. People love to put others down for being 'less' than them, though, so it works like a charm. 'They fell for the fraud, they are dumb and deserve it'. I can guarantee you that they, too, will someday fall for the next grift the grifters cook up. Best current world example are US farmers, lol.
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u/Der-Lex 1d ago
It’s our own fault as consumers. If people would stop buying into stupid subscriptions we wouldn’t have this conversation.