They knew better because they were informed and still had a choice. As I said they still knew "yes and no" and "do and don't". They knew who God is and what He'd done for them, so there was precedent to follow God's lead. God said don't and gave reasons, the snake denounced what God said and they made the wrong choice.
God told them the right choice to make and what would happen if they didn't do so then let them make the choice of their own free will. To say otherwise sounds like trying to shift responsibility and blame. Do you blame God for evil? If so, why?