Maximizing the long term value of the company can be at odds with extracting the most amount of money over the next quarter. For example, Meta could say "if yo

Maximizing the long term value of the company can be at odds with extracting the most amount of money over the next quarter. For example, Meta could say "if you don't pay us 100 dollars per year, we will delete your entire account including all of your memories and photos across instagram, threads, and Facebook" and probably make a giant amount of money in the next quarter as people panic over losing their memories to something they considered reliable. However, it would kill the company's long term growth.