Internal politics is the usual root cause. For example hardware may come from the CFO's budget or IT may want fewer configs for their own convenience. It doesn

Internal politics is the usual root cause. For example hardware may come from the CFO's budget or IT may want fewer configs for their own convenience. It doesn't make sense to save 0.2-1.0% of the fully loaded cost of a developer. Just making them happy and reducing churn by a tiny amount would more than pay for itself.