That has always been their plan.
These people aren't very bright. These are the same people who own factories and can't wrap their head around basic arithmetic used for process and inventory control.
They sit in offices, huffing each other's farts while staring cross-eyed at spreadsheets all day, while hitting "reply all" on every email that crosses their platform.
They are a sort of anthropromorphic parasite incapable of independent function and infestations should be treated AgentQ. Lacking that, tar, feathers, torches, and pitchforks are an old folk remedy.