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<p>97.115.75.102: Improved description of digital locks</p> <hr /> <div>{{StubNotice}}<br /> <br /> '''Corporate greed''', or simply greed, is a modern phenomenon in which corporations pursue goals for profit and shareholder-value without valuing customer thoughts and consumer rights. &lt;ref&gt;https://aflcio.org/issues/corporate-greed&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Common Tactics Used to Increase Profits:==<br /> <br /> #A company simply increasing the prices on products &amp; subscription based services alike for no apparent reason.<br /> #Using targeted/personalized ads in order to gain more data on someone, only to sell that data to more advertisers &amp; third-party websites.<br /> #Purposefully decreasing the quality of some products to save money and/or to encourage consumers to buy newer &amp; more powerful items to replace the older ones. (Also known as &quot;Planned Obsolescence&quot;)<br /> #Decreasing the average wages of some or all types of employees.<br /> #Retroactively restricting access to features on items that you've already bought/paid for to push you to give more money to use previously freely accessible features (more commonly known as a paywall or digital lock).<br /> #Implementation of false advertising or Bait &amp; switch tactics in a company's commercials to bring in more customers.{{Citation needed|date=January 19, 2026|reason=Citation is needed for all 6 tactics listed above &amp; to the left.}}<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> <br /> *[[Bait-and-switch]]<br /> *[[Buy now, pay later]]<br /> *[[False advertising]]<br /> *[[Financial censorship]]<br /> *[[Planned obsolescence]]<br /> *[[Subscription service]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> [[Category:Common terms]]</div>

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