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https://abcnews.go.com/Business/zoom-brought-workers-back-office-means/story?id=102173259
They did not give an explanation that has any specific meaning, so here we go:
Can't let the commercial real estate market crash, therefore, unnecessary commutes are mandatory to keep Zoom's own loan on its office in good shape.
Muddle Managers and C Suite people need to be able to harass and lord over people in person, or they begin to feel unfulfilled and insecure. Your suffering is their joy. They need to be able to interrupt you and waste your time with unannounced in person distractions, and when this is intermediated by physical distance and you being able to not take an unschedule video call, they can feel their ability to terrorize and neg you at any moment slipping away.
Sure, what Zoom is doing with VC platform could radically alter all of society.
We could largely cut down on traffic, commutes, rework vacant office building, or large portions of them, into basically pseudo-arcologies with chunks of residential, cafeteria / storefront, and office levels.
But, they're a B2B focused company, so that's the literal opposite of what they want, what they want is the status quo, but with themselves as another subscription that other businesses have to pay for.
Rent seeking, as usual.