That's such a naive view of how capitalism works. You could turn the argument around: clearly consumers do want this tradeoff, because they have decided to vot

That's such a naive view of how capitalism works. You could turn the argument around: clearly consumers do want this tradeoff, because they have decided to vote in governments to legislate for it to be a requirement. If you think that's an overly simplistic argument, then I invite you to re-evaluate yours.