@anna The reading that this is a need to conform does not preclude the perception of their political agenda. He needs to conform _because_ of his agenda, which is in equal parts political and economical.
IMO Zuckerberg seems more worried about maintaining his market/economic position than pushing a specific ideological course. Musk is doing the latter (as a means to amass further power) and he now has the upper hand. The timing and tone of Zuckerberg were a white flag to the incoming regime.