[palmotea]

> This reminds me of a similar article that might have been posted on here about tech now focusing on hype as the product.

It kind of reminds me of the money-manking strategy where someone buys a business with a good reputation, debases its products, then profits from the (temporary) price premium it can still charge due to is prior reputation.

These people are well on the way to ruining tech's reputation, but they don't care because they hope to get rich(er) in the process.