A strategic preference for "I don't want guys who will pay more, but I also don't want guys who will pay less, I will spend money to monitor my customers to mak

A strategic preference for "I don't want guys who will pay more, but I also don't want guys who will pay less, I will spend money to monitor my customers to make sure I can charge less" is a quite strange preference. Axe to grind sounds about right. Or PR, I'm sure his team understands the economics but the fans may not.