I don't know anything about the company but I applaud the sentiment. But is it obvious to note that a lot of companies start with similar ideas... and then any number of forces -- the market, shareholders, the board, management changes, black swans -- cause the screws to tighten? And then the ideals begin to erode.

I guess I'm sort of implying (without any empirical proof) that there are darwinian reasons for state of things that are inherently difficult to avoid.