[youssefabdelm]

Very fair point. But perhaps if they did focus on those questions in the first place, they'd be viewed less as authority and more as friends.

[jonahx]

I feel like this can happen with individual teachers that you have a personal relationship with. I don't believe it's possible with a company, no matter how "pure" the company's intentions were, even if they were not for profit, etc. At best, it would a bit less likely.