Elon Musk takes over Twitter and immediately fires a whole lot of people. The suits get huge payoffs.

Soon after, several huge Silicon Valley companies fire a whole lot of people while the suits get huge payoffs.

Elon Musk starts charging bizarre extortionate rates to access Twitter’s API.

Other big companies start charging crazy-ass rates for API access. While the suits continue getting huge salaries and payoffs.

Coincidence?