They're a private company. Not all private companies are good, but all public ones inevitably turn terrible.
There are some counter-examples of companies that have been publicly traded for a long-ish time and still aren't "terrible":
Berkshire Hathaway, Novo Nordisk, ASML, TSMC, Saab, Atlas Copco, Texas Instruments.
(Perhaps not that many from the US though, relatively speaking? Not sure TBH.)
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There are some counter-examples of companies that have been publicly traded for a long-ish time and still aren't "terrible":
Berkshire Hathaway, Novo Nordisk, ASML, TSMC, Saab, Atlas Copco, Texas Instruments.
(Perhaps not that many from the US though, relatively speaking? Not sure TBH.)