Customer acquisition

Open source, stand with X, against Y. Moral business owner. Good respectable citizen. Ethical business.

Then reality hits a bank account. Somebody used "open source" offered. Audience is on platform Y. The realization, that being morally pure is bad for business.

Taking a "stand" generates engagement, press, and loyal followers. When that strategy stops yielding profit, or when the algorithm actively punishes their absence, the "values" are quietly discarded.

Then apology template with many empty words jumps in. "We should communicate this better." "We still stand with our values." "Things changed." "We have big plans."

Clown show that translates to: "we need your money, please ignore the contradiction."

Predictable, cynical, driven by capitalism.