Public beef or fights involving billionaires, celebrities, or even top companies often puts them into the spotlight, attracting attention and generating increased traffic, hence, more income. My question arises as to whether you think some or most of these conflicts are genuine or intentionally crafted/orchestrated by the parties involved to maintain their prominence and financial gains.
Also, could this be considered as a strategic element of their business or career strategy? And If so, is this a good strategy?
Short answer is yes. All PR is good PR, and PR firms will manufacture certain narratives.
I'd also note that this applies to Bitcoin as well. In my opinion, the politically motivated groups and perhaps others specifically manufactured false narratives against Bitcoin starting some number of years ago in order to spread propaganda when Bitcoin was on the cusp of becoming mainstream. Perhaps they paid some media groups to feud with crypto for sake of creating uncertainty but I don't believe it was organic.
Think of how easy and cheap it is to manipulate the conversation just by using social media bots alone.