HN readers obviously have a mix of opinions, from software pirate to corporate shill. But certainly many work for FAANGs and the thousands of other companies in

HN readers obviously have a mix of opinions, from software pirate to corporate shill. But certainly many work for FAANGs and the thousands of other companies in tech and have some ideas how companies work. Their pay and employment and products they work on all depend on both 1) them not revealing inside information and 2) their co-workers not revealing inside information. So the GP's "rip away his work and livelihood because he’s clever enough to find clues in their betas" is totally off base. The reason he had access to those betas was because of his developer agreement. Clearly, the public is served when inside information about illegal or immoral behavior is revealed, but the OP seems to all about commercial information, so no whistleblower status.