I agree it's a somewhat moot point, which didn't really click with me, either, as the argument assumes that these anti-ICE protests are carried out by non-engineers, which given the latest Chef and GitHub stories, isn't necessarily the case at all.

Also, even in case of a spin-off, I don't really understand why would Jeff Bezos get out of the picture, either — wouldn't he remain the primary shareholder?

Pretty much all of the arguments in the whole article are both invalid and unsound.