Had similar reflex. The SF way seemed very strange to me as an outsider and it would almost appear like the primary 'benefactor' of these confrontations are the

Had similar reflex. The SF way seemed very strange to me as an outsider and it would almost appear like the primary 'benefactor' of these confrontations are the city governance who are paid by tax payers to make sure the housing supplies are sufficient and public transportation are efficient. If Gmail can't keep up with demand and the SF city council just opened 1000 new account, one for each city employee, and Gmail speed slowed to a crawl, would Google and the public say "aha! they're using all the resources, let's protest"?