Scamming customers in pursuit of "growth" or profit is the standard modus operandi of Silicon Valley (see the recent Airbnb horror story where someone didn't ge

Scamming customers in pursuit of "growth" or profit is the standard modus operandi of Silicon Valley (see the recent Airbnb horror story where someone didn't get what they paid for and their "insurance" didn't cover it). This is not surprising at all, and a delightful bit of schadenfreude.