You make a good point, and I don't disagree there are possible downsides. To be fair, some of the details you described could be issues with in-house employees

You make a good point, and I don't disagree there are possible downsides. To be fair, some of the details you described could be issues with in-house employees as well, imho (folks/teams claiming clean/maintainable code when it's not, wanting to seem necessary, having the power to claim what the team is doing is right and good for business without business knowing any better, etc).