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so many companies would rather engage in collective punishment rather than just behave – see a similar thing with gamble-boxes in video games, companies are happier blocking countries rather than just publishing the odds/payouts/return-to-player …
It shows they make a lot more money by being unethical than by being ethical. If it were just a little more money they could just do the right thing and raise prices a little. It's the same reason tech companies won't let you pay not to be tracked: they make more money from accumulating information about you than you'd ever be able to afford to pay them.