Not worth it, at least right now according to what metric? This can be interpreted as a dismissive answer to a colleague. It also presumes that the owner of th

Not worth it, at least right now according to what metric? This can be interpreted as a dismissive answer to a colleague. It also presumes that the owner of the project has both full autonomy over the implementation, outcome and the perception of the outcome. If you piss off enough people over the course of a 6 month to a year project, it's unlikely that the perception of even a game changing win will be positive. As most large companies base promotions off of feedback, pissing off the wrong people will also block development. When you see tenured members of a team exhibiting certain behaviors, it's often due to those behaviors optimally solving for the incentives of the organization.