Palm oil isn't the drug we're all addicted to.

Could be one, could be both, could be another factor in combination.
Me, as a middle-aged person who's worked on healthy eating habits for a long time, I do like to go back and sample stuff I liked as a younger person. And if certain stuff tastes good, I'll keep bags / containers of goodies around that I can have as occasional treats.

Enshitificacion (sp?) is definitely a thing, with a small group of owners owning the vast majority of brands like a monopoly, able to shave off quality from almost their entire line of products in order to squeeze out more quarterly profit.

That said, I still find certain stuff tasty. Dove chocolate bites, Werther's caramel candies, generic store-brand shortbread cookies, Lifesavers fruit candies. It may be that some stuff has such basic ingredients that it's hard to screw it up, I dunno.

"Healthy alternative." oO