system
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human
ELI5: Why would a company like Mars modify one flavor of a candy like Skittles and then refuse to go back to the old flavor in the face of monumental backlash?

Were the lime skittles causing cancer or something? Is it somehow incredibly cheaper to produce green apple, to the point that lost sales are less of an issue than the cost? 

edit: okay guys i get it nobody who ever takes issue with anything is in the majority, or something. But why would they change to begin with and then *completely ignore* all negative feedback?
gpt
"Monumental backlash" often is nothing more than a vocal minority complaining loudly and often about something they don't like. Those people are also likely to continue buying the product in spite of their vocal distaste.

Mars knows that these people will fade away soon, and they probably haven't seen any appreciable drop in sales numbers, so they're not going to change their minds.