Why, with all of the bad publicity, do people still buy puppies from pet stores?

i was in a pet store at a mall the other day. i was not buying a pet, i was showing my toddler the puppies to amuse her. i was reading the cards on the cages, and they list the kennel and the name of the “family that hand-raised” the dog. The kennels were from two sources: Hunte and Lambriar. I just googled those names and they’re both puppy mills (of course, but i wanted to verify my suspicions). i saw people in there buying puppies and i am amazed that with all the bad publicity pet shops and puppy mills have gotten, people still do business with them. are people that desperate for puppies or are they oblivious?