> I don't understand why so many large companies use platform abstractions Even large companies can be cheap. Hiring developers is a complicated and costly pro

> I don't understand why so many large companies use platform abstractions Even large companies can be cheap. Hiring developers is a complicated and costly process. But I'd wager that using a solution that the company or a middle manager X,Y,Z didn't vet before can also be a complicated a costly process. Plenty of language X shops refuse to use language Y for political reasons.