These comments and whoever flagged this article seem to be so focused on getting offended at the tone that they missed the thesis and why this article is appropriate for HN:

> The idea is that a company, as its aims grow more expansive, starts catering less to the locked-in core customer and more to a potential whale which demonstrates some interest. Sure, you can just keep doing what’s made you rich, but how can you even focus on your primary business with that whale out there, swimming so tantalizingly close?