It optimizes for what makes companies more money, once all of their costs are factored in. That's all. We - customers - are merely consumers to them, and our on

It optimizes for what makes companies more money, once all of their costs are factored in. That's all. We - customers - are merely consumers to them, and our only role is to buy what they sell; to give them as much money as we can bear to give for whatever they're selling. Externalities are equally ignored, and government fines are simply another cost (which is, ironically, why significant fines drive changes).