Yeah. This is the most boring take on the story, but also probably the most correct, and definitely the most actionable for the rest of us.
What effect? He's got fuck you money and can afford to do a Notch if he wanted.
What’s a Notch?
Notch is Markus Presson, the creator of Minecraft. He got $2.5 billion in cash from Microsoft when he sold it. In the years since he had a whole lot of controversial tweets, but that didn't' seem to affect him due to his wealth.