This is definitely a possibility and one we should take seriously. However, I would estimate that the scenario of “says it suffers as deception” needs more assumptions than “says it suffers because it suffers”. Using Occam’s razor, I’d find the second one more likely. The deception scenario could still dominate an expected value calculation but I don’t think we should entirely ignore the first one.
This is definitely a possibility and one we should take seriously. However, I would estimate that the scenario of “says it suffers as deception” needs more assumptions than “says it suffers because it suffers”. Using Occam’s razor, I’d find the second one more likely. The deception scenario could still dominate an expected value calculation but I don’t think we should entirely ignore the first one.