I know this is an oversimplification of what you're really saying and this is more to do with general attitudes I see towards this sort of thing rather than you

I know this is an oversimplification of what you're really saying and this is more to do with general attitudes I see towards this sort of thing rather than your comment specifically, but it is personally sad to me that having a profit motivation makes such a breach in user's trust understandable. As I've gotten older I've grown increasingly disgusted by how easily we as humans can rationalize being involved in quite a lot of obviously scammy behavior as long as: A && (B || C) A) we are gaining from it, monetarily B) we can pseudo-rationalize it by saying "well, what these other people are doing or did is worse..." C) We can shift responsibility to the people who are being scammed for not "knowing better" or making better decisions