There is a solid case to be made that many tech companies are ridiculously bloated, trying to show "growth" to VCs by increasing the headcount and not the users

There is a solid case to be made that many tech companies are ridiculously bloated, trying to show "growth" to VCs by increasing the headcount and not the users (who are defined in rather shady and morally/legally questionable ways), but, uh, this is not it.