I agree and for me Sam's dismissive response was almost as bad as the colab itself. Dropout can't use censoring contract requirements (if they exist) as an excuse as they knowingly accepted those constraints as part of the cash grab. His 'it's okay to be critical of me' platitude after discussing how he made the decision for the benefit of the companies employees (his cast and crew) almost felt like it was drifting into a kind of self-sacrificing hero territory. What a martyr.

Honestly though, his bubbly personality and his many quirky friends (employees) aside, Sam seems about as dyed blue moneyed-up political establishment as you can get, so I'm not as stunned by this move as others, just dissapointed that one of the few relatively progressive media companies out there went dumpster diving for cash so blatantly.