The success of the iPhone was built on the culture of iPhone-first app development and the unwillingness of companies to develop for a third platform.
LastPass has known issues and IT departments can make an understandable recommendation to the business to pick Bitwarden even with a slight cost premium. There is nothing to justify the insane premium 1Password demands. I have seen them lose multiple contract opportunities because of this.
Note: The dollar quotes are made up numbers, but the percentage differential is real. 1Password is often 50% higher in total cost.
Variable comp could have positive effects (reducing the pressure to have layoffs during lean times, creating an environment where success is shared with those who participated in creating in, aligning incentives across different factions to better support customers).
A quick internet search tells me Payne -- who shot the article -- specializes in large-format photography focusing on industry, and the samples on his website are breathtaking: https://www.chrispaynephoto.com/ Seems like the kind of thing that would be right up HN's alley.
Too many photographers these days misuse/overuse the Bokeh effect and lose important visual information in their photos. They also use poor lightning and coloring, under the guise it is artistic when in fact it is a frustrating loss of the visual elements.
Kudos to Chris Payne and his amazing work.