proales

You really think that Opendoor did not make sophisticated claims to the FTC before settling? Like they somehow forgot the broker commission cost?

If you are not able to pay market rates (that match the big tech companies) this is the markets way of saying "you should be denied access to this talent because it can be better utilized elsewhere"

Pay up or go away, stop trying to find the secret to underpaying devs.

How much equity are you keeping? Probably a greedy amount. So many startups fail because they cant find devs while the founders are trying to keep a Zuck like share of the company based on some 10 year old Fred Wilson blog post.

So whats the chance they got owned so hard that they dont even know they got owned?

The conclusion is clearly wrong. The dust from the car is in the opposite direction and this indicates that the donkey was ahead of the Google Street View car, not behind it.