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'''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. <ref>https://aflcio.org/issues/corporate-greed</ref>

== Common Tactics Used to Increase Profits: ==

# A company simply increasing the prices on products & subscription based services alike for no apparent reason.

# Using targeted/personalized ads in order to gain more data on someone, only to sell that data to more advertisers & third-party websites.

# Purposefully decreasing the quality of some products to save money and/or to encourage consumers to buy newer & more powerful items to replace the older ones. (Also known as "Planned Obsolescence")

# Decreasing the average wages of some or all types of employees.

# Implementation of false advertising or Bait & switch tactics in a company's commercials to bring in more customers.{{Citation needed|date=January 19, 2026|reason=Citation is needed for all 5 tactics listed above & to the left.}}

== See also ==

* [[Bait-and-switch]]

* [[Buy now, pay later]]

* [[False advertising]]

* [[Financial censorship]]

* [[Planned obsolescence]]

* [[Subscription service]]

==References==

[[Category:Common terms]]

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 '''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. <ref>https://aflcio.org/issues/corporate-greed</ref>
+== Common Tactics Used to Increase Profits: ==
+# A company simply increasing the prices on products & subscription based services alike for no apparent reason.
+# Using targeted/personalized ads in order to gain more data on someone, only to sell that data to more advertisers & third-party websites.
+# Purposefully decreasing the quality of some products to save money and/or to encourage consumers to buy newer & more powerful items to replace the older ones. (Also known as "Planned Obsolescence")
+# Decreasing the average wages of some or all types of employees.
+# Implementation of false advertising or Bait & switch tactics in a company's commercials to bring in more customers.{{Citation needed|date=January 19, 2026|reason=Citation is needed for all 5 tactics listed above & to the left.}}
+== See also ==
+* [[Bait-and-switch]]
+* [[Buy now, pay later]]
+* [[False advertising]]
+* [[Financial censorship]]
+* [[Planned obsolescence]]
+* [[Subscription service]]
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
 [[Category:Common terms]]