I think that's what I'm getting at, it does in this scenario. A crude but working MVP could be knocked out in a month or two using any of a number of frameworks

I think that's what I'm getting at, it does in this scenario. A crude but working MVP could be knocked out in a month or two using any of a number of frameworks. Instead, a year or two later, the app is still half-built and most of the client base is coming from the manual work done by assistants, who prop up the illusion that the tech part of the company is on track.