I think part of the friction is the "disruption" part; a lot of the tech culture is exclaiming how they are going to change the world and show off their respons

I think part of the friction is the "disruption" part; a lot of the tech culture is exclaiming how they are going to change the world and show off their responsibility by only buying desks made out of reclaimed plastic or whatever, so when such "socially-conscious" companies actually end up not disrupting shit and instead do business as usual it irritates people to call them out on their hypocrisy.