This is fair rebuttal, but consider that MOST SWEs, remote or no, make somewhere between ~$100k and ~$170k, and MOST SWEs do NOT get severance when they lose their job involuntarily. Base salary between FAANG and non-FAANG is not so different, but FAANG gets the RSUs/bonuses that can often "double" one's salary. To rely on RSUs/bonuses to maintain one's lifestyle is.. unwise.

So from the perspective of a SWE who makes "only" $140k and has never been the recipient of severance, nevermind 3 months' worth, I think these people have it really, really good.