Corporate Tricks That Cost You Money Without You Noticing

Companies have been caught using some seriously sneaky tricks, and most of them worked because of how your brain is wired. This countdown breaks down twelve real cases, from shrinking snacks and surprise ticket fees to printers that rejected cheaper ink and a cancellation process the FTC said Amazon nicknamed "Iliad." Then the stakes get bigger: millions of unauthorized bank accounts, cars that cheated emissions tests, a quiz app that pulled data from millions of profiles, and the tobacco and sugar industries' efforts to shape what you believed about your health. For each one, we explain the psychology that made it work, from drip pricing and dark patterns to manufactured doubt and funding bias. Which of these tricks have you fallen for? Tell us in the comments, and subscribe for more psychology, science and weird history. Chapters 00:00 No. 12 – The Vanishing Snack 01:05 No. 11 – The Checkout Surprise 02:03 No. 10 – The Jealous Printer 03:02 No. 9 – The Tired iPhone 04:02 No. 8 – The Endless Goodbye 05:03 No. 7 – The Reshuffled Receipt 06:13 No. 6 – The Airline That Lost Its Pilots 07:20 No. 5 – The Accounts Nobody Asked For 08:27 No. 4 – The Car That Knew It Was Being Tested 09:37 No. 3 – The Personality Quiz 10:38 No. 2 – The Doubt Factory 11:47 No. 1 – The Sugar Alibi #Psychology #DarkPatterns #CorporateScandals