This is more like someone being fired because they leaked that one of their coworkers was farting on every burger for laughs.
This is more akin to a vegan employee leaking how much McDonalds pays for beef, revealing that it is a loss leader. That jeopardizes the relationship and puts the beef company in a difficult position when negotiating with other companies. The vegan feels justified because meat is murder and causes unnecessary suffering.
It's interesting that Netflix may be putting subjective artistic quality ahead of profit. How will investors interpret that?
Some of those eyeballs will start a Netflix subscription just to see it, or continue to subscribe, or rethink about cancelling...
Streaming services like Netflix survive by having content people want to see. How many of us cancel HBO or whatever once the show we're watching is off-season? That's a lot of money to miss out on... making things like Chapelle's special worth while, even if it costs a ton up front.
In a weird way, all this hullabaloo surrounding this particular special is actually increasing it's awareness and therefore viewership. These employees are defeating themselves, really...
The employee may unaware that a rival burger chain could use that information to renegotiate with the supplier. This would potentially hurt the relationship between the employer and the supplier.
Sadly, the employee that leaked/whistleblew is suffering from a mental illness, and they delusionally thought their coworkers were farting on the burgers.