At the same time, you can't lose a bunch of money and just not do anything. And with a recession likely coming in the next few years, we can't be surprised that companies are trying to expand their margins, to make sure they have the resources to survive the winter.
This is Lemmy; theres very vocal cohort of the users who are anti-corporate, poor grasp of the financial system, and have no content to read so they wander out into communities they have no business in.