[oreilles]

One's expectations aren't in any way relevant in considering wether something is an asshole move or not.

[integralid]

Calling company strategy an "asshole move" is anthropomorphizing a lawnmower.

[skeeter2020]

This is a parallel argument to the whole "to big to fail" nonsense and not really in line with the famous comparison of a single person to a machine. Company strategies are typically created by small groups of people who - especially in this case - know exactly what the impact and longer-reach implications of their decisions will be. It is entirely reasonable to hold the people of any organization accountable for the policies they enact via that organization.

[amanaplanacanal]

Company strategies are created by individual humans being assholes. Don't make excuses for them.

[jaapz]

It's still people who make up a company

That strategy did not come into existence through some abstract entity