After a certain point, more money isn't a motivator to everyone.
According to reports, Meta is offering compensation that literally amounts to generational wealth. If you know you and none of your children and grandchildren will ever have to worry about money anymore, would you care which mindless tech tycoon you work for?
I mean, trading functional democracy for money is a interesting gamble.
It's not like that would be a surprising thing to happen in the US.
I think they are also offering compute time to actually do the things they want to do. The money is nice, but not fighting or having gpu's being pulled from you can also mean alot.
Apple has a cool HQ, great physical products. Makes own chips.
Money aside, Apple is way cooler.
Apple fan boys will need their own senior care facilities.