> Does the homepage work better? Good experiment.

"Better" for who? The website owners interests are rarely in alignment with my interests. They want increased sales, higher user engagement, etc. I want less engagement and the ability to make informed choices on products.

Let's say there's a product listing with it's list of features and this list has been extensively tweaked to maximize sales. As a result of that tweaking they took away a line item, that would have caused me to not buy it, say an annoying LED status indicator. This is good for the website owner but bad for me because I've lost the ability to make an informed decision. It's asymmetric manipulation and I'd regard it as immoral.