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Related to this article, I work at Shopify and they have 3 rules which are loosely as follows:

1) Build a great product

2) Make money

3) 1 always comes before 2

I can't think of a single company that would advocate anything else and yet all of them prioritize money over product, even if it means enacting petty user-hostile policies.

When you're large enough growth slows down so you make more money by building a moat and squeezing your customers. When you're still growing quickly a good product and the resulting growth leads to more revenue.

Ahh, you are mistaking Great Product™ (performs in the market) for great product (genuinely moves humanity forward)

Most companies have a list like this and other values they claim but rarely follow.

In all large companies at one point the stars aligned and you had smart, connected devs and sales people that made a great product, executed and sold. This fades after a while, you get academics and newbies that derail and complicated a good thing.

I have seen it over and over again. Hulu is a good example, started out very strong and slowly became a terrible product. Til this I dont understand the UI.

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