That (developers only being responsible for a fraction of bad rollouts they personally cause) reminds me of the water dynamic at a lot of apartments I've rented

That (developers only being responsible for a fraction of bad rollouts they personally cause) reminds me of the water dynamic at a lot of apartments I've rented: For "reasons" the water meters are per building rather than per unit, but the landlords are adamant that residents have to pay their fair share to ensure water isn't wasted. The scheme envisioned to meet those goals is that the total cost of water for a building is averaged out across all units (perhaps normalized by unit size). Looking at the net effect however, using $X of water only costs $X/N because my personal excess is split between the rest of the residents. Consequently, the entire building uses and pays for substantially more water than they would if the meters were more finely distributed.