At this point, why wouldn't we assume that the decision wasn't about money? We see the same behavior over and over in numerous contexts, and despite complete market failure, company after company does it.

Instead of assuming ignorance, we should assume intent. The question then becomes why.

The argument of ignorance is a nightly news boomer trope to cope with intentionally harmful political conduct

"Bill Clinton meant well. He was just mistaken. Had he known, he would have done differently." — Walter Cronkike prolly