I think someone at McDonalds may lose their job because of this.

Or... they could just modify the API a little and keep the guy who has learned something that didn't really cost them anything, and that a new hire is unlikely to know.

But you are right, corporations do usually prefer to behave in a psychopathic manner.

No, I think they're referring to the part where Aaron was "made an example of" by an overzealous prosecutor.

Context being that he was driven to suicide by overzealous prosecution.

Right there! That's what I was suggesting. Overzealous prosecution that was so aggressive to someone that was scraping.

The RIP part might point at Aaron.

It is. It was also to point out that it wasn't to mean disrespect towards Aaron.