Plenty of those layoffs used “AI” as a cover for the real reason. It looks better for the management board saying they are firing people because of increased efficiency (even if it’s imaginary) than to say they overreached and underdelivered, and now the company has too many employees for what it can achieve.
In this case it’s fine as long you don’t reboot your server ever.
Meanwhile in a meeting room in Stockholm:
Remember how we reduced music piracy to an insignificant amount by making the legal choice convenient and relatively affordable? I forgot! So let’s torpedo our business.
It’s almost like planned obsolescence is a well document and viable business strategy.
Maybe he’s also sleeping with the other execs, so all of this fall into his usual.