Yes. Ownership of questions like "Are you building the right thing?" is explicitly delegated to product managers/owners/whatever the fuck they're called at your

Yes. Ownership of questions like "Are you building the right thing?" is explicitly delegated to product managers/owners/whatever the fuck they're called at your company. Software engineers have almost no say over that. If you speak up, nothing will happen. The app being 270 MB and requiring updates every week is the result of following "best practices." If you question those practices or suggest alternatives, you will be told bullshit about "operational maturity matrices" and other bullshit that actual users don't care about because it doesn't make the product any better. Don't bother. If you want to make good software, you either have to do it as a side project of your own, contribute to a high quality open source project, or start your own company.