Your second paragraph is completely ethically bankrupt.
That a lie increases sales is at the top of the list of bad reasons to lie to customers (and they are all bad reasons).
That a lie increases sales is at the top of the list of bad reasons to lie to customers (and they are all bad reasons).
I think that in the society we've built it's actually one of the best reasons to lie to customers. Advertising is pretty much built on that.
It's nearly impossible to be "ethical" in large OEM companies because of the extreme competition and complexity of the organization. Most of these large OEMs are so political that even the smallest changes would require way too much effort.