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I don't fully agree-- mainly because I see these actions coming from a desire to hoard money and power above all else. What we perceive as malevolence is just them literally not giving a shit.
It's pretty much that Mad Men quote:
Except replace "I feel bad for you" with "I think you're evil"
It matters at some level because the way you go after sociopathic greed is different from.the way you go after true desire to harm. But is there a net difference for you and me...? Yeah not really.
When they make the conscious decision to do the thing that's worse for their users because it makes them more money, that's malevolence. Business decisions of that scale rarely happen by accident.