If developers costed one fifth of what they do now, how many projects that let performance languish today would staff up to the extent that doing a perf pass wo

If developers costed one fifth of what they do now, how many projects that let performance languish today would staff up to the extent that doing a perf pass would make it's way to the top of the backlog queue? Come on now. Let's be honest here. The answer for >90% of projects is either a faster pace on new features, or to pocket the payroll savings. They'd never prioritize something that they've already determined can be ignored.