[sombrero_john]

> Instead of writing better software, which might slow down development, just spend more money.

Except this is unironically a great value proposition.

[ryandrake]

We are throwing everything under the bus, including the user's battery, CPU, memory, bandwidth, the company's cloud costs and energy usage, just so developers can crap out software slightly faster.

[sombrero_john]

We are providing users with valuable features at a faster rate, saving them and us time, which is a far more valuable asset than "the user's battery, CPU, memory, bandwidth, the company's cloud costs and energy usage".