There are entire departments at large corporations that do nothing but think of ways to sneak in more fees and higher costs. Its endemic throughout corporate Americas largest industries.

Insurance Banking Finance Media Energy Software

All are infused with opaque business practices and layers of legal protections hiding behind 1000 page contracts.

That's absolutely true.

And it's also true that most Americans don't work at large corporations and that most companies are not large.

https://www.bls.gov/charts/county-employment-and-wages/estab...

Shrinkflation is one very clear example of this in action.

Is selling a candy bar that is half the size of the packaging yet the same cost as it was before they shrank the product fraud or is it just business?

It fits the definition of fraud more than anything...misrepresenting the outcome by hiding the facts. Seems pretty fraudulent to me...

No argument here.

But most Americans don't work at large corporations and that most companies are not large.

https://www.bls.gov/charts/county-employment-and-wages/estab...

The parent post said that most businesses are fraudulent and pointed at practices by large businesses.