You're not missing anything. What these people miss is any potential unseating of Jira. The executives want it, project management wants it, engineers be damned

You're not missing anything. What these people miss is any potential unseating of Jira. The executives want it, project management wants it, engineers be damned. Had to convince my team to stop using Github Issues so Directors had more insight into our work, since Jira's where they look. It's panned out well for the team. The visibility gets us better projects and helps when it comes to annual reviews.