[CipherThrowaway]

This take is infinitely more naive. Everyone knows that companies act in economic self-interest. That's not the point of contention or where the discussion is situated at all. Orosz is knowingly evoking social and moral frameworks, rather than self-oriented economic ones, for evaluating these actions.

It might aid your understanding to consider that while companies behave out of economic self-interest, socially conscious human beings have their own vested interest in highlighting behavior that falls short of social standards. Companies like HashiCorp generate brand capital by co-opting the language of human values and social cooperation. It is not unexpected that people would try to hold them accountable to their own positioning on values.

[xwowsersx]

I agree with your retort. It's totally fair to call out a company when they contradict their own core principles. I just wanted to add (and this doesn't contradict your point), none of us should be surprised when a company's core values are performative. I think it's naive to see any of this as surprising.