As a pharmacy company, wanting to charge a higher price for my products, doesn't it sound like an excellent strategy to outrage my customers, get them actively

As a pharmacy company, wanting to charge a higher price for my products, doesn't it sound like an excellent strategy to outrage my customers, get them actively protesting, only to present a solution that many of those outraged customers will support while continuing to allow me to charge my higher price? This feels like a House of Cards-like strategy: take up an unpopular selfish position only to later use its most vociferous opponents as leverage in maintaining that strategy.