Businesses have only one goal: profits. And they will usually go to any length to get them, even if it means tricking their customers or using gray zone tactics that are neither legal nor illegal.

Big businesses have several secrets they do not want us to know. Obviously, we will spend less money on their products or even stop purchasing them altogether when we discover their tricks. However, we dug in and uncovered five (5) of these secrets.

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1. SUPERMARKETS ADD CARBON MONOXIDE TO MAKE MEAT REDDER:

Do you consider the redness of meat an indication of its freshness?
Well! Redness does not always equate to freshness. Supermarkets usually blast their meat with carbon monoxide —the same deadly gas released in car exhaust—to make it red. And that meat will remain red even when it is spoiled.

Meat naturally turns brown or gray a few days after it is cut. To prevent this, the meat industry invented modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). They expose the meat to carbon monoxide before putting it in the MAP packages. This allows the meat to remain fresh for up to a year. Seventy percent of meat sold in stores in the US is treated with MAP.

Consumer groups have attempted to stop the meat industry from using the deadly carbon monoxide in their products. However, the meat industry says it will continue to use carbon monoxide because consumers will not buy any meat that is not fresh.

2. SEVERAL COMPANIES Deliberately SABOTAGE Their PRODUCTS So You Will UPGRADE:

“Planned obsolescence” is that term that you have probably never heard of. It refers to the deliberate sabotage of a product by its manufacturer. It is a gray area exploited by manufacturers to force you to upgrade to a newer version of their product.

Apple was in the news last year when it was accused of slowing down older iPhones to force users to buy newer models. Apple is not the only guilty company. It just happened to be the only one that has been caught. Planned obsolescence happens in one of two ways. Mobile phone companies like Apple can secretly add a rogue code to their software updates.

Companies that do not provide updates will usually sabotage the product during manufacturing. They use poor quality materials in some parts of the product so that it will break down after a few years. Carmakers are very guilty of this, which is the reason they release new models of their vehicles every year.
Interestingly, planned obsolescence is not illegal in the United States.

However, it is illegal in France, where Apple could be fined if found guilty of slowing down older iPhones to force users to upgrade. Apple workers involved in the scheme may also earn jail terms.

3. THIRD-PARTY INKS Are As GOOD As MANUFACTURER INKS:

Printer manufacturers discourage us from using from third-party inks by claiming that these products make poor-quality prints and could damage the printer. This is false. Printer manufacturers discourage us from using third-party inks because of their business model.

Top printer manufacturers like HP and Epson are more involved in the ink business than the printer business. They sell their printers at a loss and depend on their inks for profit. Third-party ink manufacturers do not sell printers, so they can sell their inks up to 90 percent cheaper.

Printer manufacturers have traditionally added
chips to their ink cartridges and know when someone uses a third-party cartridge. These days, they use different kinds of cartridges for different models of their printers to discourage independent manufacturers from developing cartridges for every printer.

Some printer manufacturers like HP have more radical solutions to force their customers to use their cartridges. They programmed their printers to stop working when they detect that a third-party cartridge has been installed. An on-screen message advises the user to use HP ink.

4. CABLE NETWORKS SPEED UP PROGRAMS To SHOW MORE COMMERCIALS:

Cable television networks have been secretly speeding up television shows to allow more commercials. They do this for two reasons. First, they need to show more ads to make more money because television advertisements are becoming cheaper. The other reason is to meet the viewership deals they made with advertisers.

The increase in speed is barely visible to viewers. A 30-minute film could be sped up by just two minutes. While it seems trivial, advertisers will dole out up to $68,000 for those precious minutes.

However, people affiliated with the shows will sometimes notice the acceleration. Actress Courtney Cox observed that FRIENDS had been sped up when she noticed that her voice sounded different in the series.

Author Stephen Cox, who wrote a book based on THE WIZARD OF OZ movie, realized that the speed of the film was accelerated when he observed that the Munchkins spoke faster.

5. PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES PAY PHYSICIANS TO PRESCRIBE THEIR DRUGS:

Pharmaceutical companies sometimes pay physicians to prescribe their drugs. In aggregate, the amount is up to twice what these companies spend on research and development. In the 1980s, pharmaceutical companies paid retainers to physicians for prescribing their drugs. They also took doctors on vacations, to dinners, and to golf courses.

In 2002, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America moved in to regulate the industry. Nowadays, drug companies are forbidden from putting physicians on retainers. These firms can only take doctors on educational trips and cannot give them gifts over $100. However, they are allowed to pay physicians for consulting arrangements.

To promote transparency between doctors and pharmaceutical companies, the US government created the Open Payments Search Tool. Patients can input the names of their physicians into the website to find out if these doctors have received money from any drug company.

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