Several people who received the CrowdStrike offer found that the gift card didn't work, while others got an error saying the voucher had been canceled.
Let’s be honest, 10 bucks ain’t gonna cover the damage to the larger clients. Even moderate sized ones, that’s hundreds of thousands in revenue; with delta probably being out billions.
So like “here’s a buck, pleas be nice” is just going to make me enjoy being very not-nice
This wasn’t to clients. This was to partners. Middlemen in the transaction process.
You can’t buy most software directly from the vendor. You have to buy through a partner. They pass the paperwork and add 10-20%. They do provide some services but their main function is to pass paper.