Because they are the same thing, a company. Like you and Jeff Bezos are the same thing, a person.

No, they're the same thing like my hamster and a blue whale are the same thing: an animal.

Then anything is the same thing. All things are things. Logic doesn’t work.

Mmh no, a company isn't the same thing as a physical person (seen as a human being, not as a single person business), for example. As such, they are threated differently.