Having less control, having less hostile business practices, is leaving money on the table. And leaving money on the table is heresy to modern businesspeople.
Consumer rights only matter to these people if they are codified in a law and the consequences have teeth.
Which is interesting, considering most businesspeople would support spending money on advertisement. Many are even into "guerilla advertisement," where an ad company tries to fake organic, word-of-mouth popularity. You know, the exact kind of popularity that piracy tends to induce.
Consumer rights only matter to these people if they are codified in a law and the consequences have teeth.