1) The ability to "lay everything pertinent to a story out to a reader at the beginning and still tell a good story" is in no way compromised by writing unpredictably. The outcome of Gift of the Magi is laid out "pertinently" at the beginning and it's still a good story and it's a twist ending in like 2500 words. This is the same argument as before: "surprises" are simply story elements that are not the first, most obvious conclusions. If they're done well they're beyond complaint. If they're done poorly, "I like spoilers."

2) The problem is not "distrusting an author or narrator if I choose." The problem is choosing to trust someone else more. Let's say you watch The Bachelor. Let's say you like "Steve's" spoilers. That means you prefer The Bachelor as related by an internet parasite over The Bachelor as related by its creators. There is no way to have your "spoilers" without handing the narrative over to a third party. Sure - maybe you trust your friends' reactions to a film more than you trust the creators. But that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about forum comments. And I have no idea why anyone would choose to have Reddit, Hubski, Slashdot, Facebook, whoever be the lens through which to view any art but the most loathesome.

When you view the work as intended, it is a direct transmission between you and the author (I know you love your King). When you view the work as spoiled, it is a game of telephone between you, the author, and some random twitbag on the Internet. Again - fine for you. You're not impacting my ability to enjoy art or media in the slightest.

But you're also not convincing me your position has merit.