[gotocake]

It can’t honestly be news to you that companies don’t exist in a vacuum, right? No decision by a company is going to be made in the absence of consideration for the broader reality in which they exist and seek to do business. To use a hyperbolic example, if Amazon considered having a “kick a puppy, get a discount” sale, the reaction of their shareholders, employees, and customers all factor in.

[Tycho]

I’m talking about somebody forcing their hand, for instance a government agency or a particular stakeholder or a media organisation, not the normal calculus of weighing a myriad of factors to make a business decision.