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>What is it that makes management so bearish towards remote?

You will be surprised how many people that became rich with startups have invested in real state. A lot of those investments are tanking now because of WFH, so they have something personal against it.

>When Microsoft "lost the mobile war" everybody was in the office still, no?

Microsoft lost both "the Internet" and "mobile" because they just could not understand it, like IBM could not understand a world with a computer in every desktop. It is a normal thing when your culture gives you success, the world changes, your culture remains the same.

Other companies appear that understand it and they win. If Google does not adpat, others will.