Comment by colordrops

When I see comments like these, it's clear that the commenter is probably an individual contributor that has never seen how upper management or politics actually works. Regulatory capture is probably one of the biggest wealth generating techniques out there. It's very real.

If some rando anonymous posters could think it up, it doesn't require a CEO to play 5D chess to think it up. And many of us have witnessed these techniques being used by companies directly. Microsoft was famous for doing this sort of thing, and in a much more roundabout fashion, for instance with the SCO debacle.

It's standard business practice, not conspiracy 5D chess or whatever moniker you want to give it to be dismissive.