I think it's just been easy to ignore how evil they are.
They've been tightly linked with Peter Thiel since they took over PayPal which has constantly stolen people's money. It's just harder for an auction house like eBay to be obviously evil.
Cops have used Flock's FreeForm search feature to look for people with tattoos and wearing specific sport shirts, and searches sometimes include the target's race, according to data reviewed by 404 Media.
Also Musk is such a loser, he built and ran this giant polluting data center without knowing what to do with it, and ended up renting it out at what looks like a loss.
Musk really needs to do it now to get a decent listing.
The problem is he has no income for all his AI stuff, Twitter advertising revenue is still in the toilet, and spaceX's biggest customer is the US government, but the Democrats fucking hate him, and the mid terms are coming up.
So time to squeeze the little guys to get some revenue.
If the data is present but difficult to restore, it's annoying. You might need to spend a few days fixing stuff.
If the data is gone, it's devastating and can bankrupt a company. On a personal level it's the same as having all your photos destroyed in a fire. And backups not containing the right data are very common.
Numbers from elsewhere in the conversation.
https://feddit.org/comment/14251305