Going the extra mile tends to burn people out. It’s profitable only if workers are a commodity that can be replaced and thrown out like garbage when inevitably broken.

Oh yeah. America.

One could argue that low earth orbit is a natural monopoly like water pipes, electricity poles or railroads, and should be owned by governments, that could rent bandwidth to companies.

The problem with that plan is that there very rarely is any accountability for the executives. At worst, they get a lucrative package, and find a new position in another company, with more “experience”. It’s usually the workers who get blamed and fired, even if they were following orders.

I’m lost.

why aren’t these corporations locking down TOTP to restrict them to their own validator apps

But they do. There are TOTP implementations that have been intentionally modified to prevent using standard apps. I don’t remember other examples right now, but I think Steam Guard is one.

Is that legal in your jurisdiction?