There are a surprising number of "Disney Adults" that go many times per year, and I have no idea where they are all getting the money for it. Sure, a lot of them don't have kids, but that alone doesn't really save enough money to do this.
It's not something that's unique to tech, but I read it as a joke about enshittification due to greed.
Lots of start-up companies start out all idealistic and positive, then don't stay true to that mission as the founders age and want more (or sell out to a bigger company).
I bought Sim City for PC at a used bookstore, and it didn't come with the reference page for a code it would ask you for after playing a certain amount of time.
Without this code, the game would turn on all hazards (tornados, fires, flooding, Godzilla, etc) and make itself unplayable.
True - I think it's a combination of those personality traits, social pressures, and a desire to believe that leads to irrational conspiratorial/superstitious thinking.
Many people are motivated by a need to feel superior to others, have a strong distrust of authority, and/or feel that acceptance of a belief system is a requirement of their internalized group identity.
