> Their content is so profitable that the people in charge don't really give a fuck.
This is usually a general technology smell. Consistent, profitable revenue is the technological equivalent of the resource curse [0].
I haven't figured out if it's because people never get fired (thus new ideas are extremely slow to penetrate and propagate) or because management can afford to be extremely conservative (no pressure, resistance to change).
Put the most charitably, it's because there's no need to be more efficient, and stability & consistency is more valuable than improvement.
This is usually a general technology smell. Consistent, profitable revenue is the technological equivalent of the resource curse [0].
I haven't figured out if it's because people never get fired (thus new ideas are extremely slow to penetrate and propagate) or because management can afford to be extremely conservative (no pressure, resistance to change).
Put the most charitably, it's because there's no need to be more efficient, and stability & consistency is more valuable than improvement.
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_curse