This illustrates the problem with this 'business value at all costs' perspective. Improved velocity is not the only or even primary takeaway from consolidating

This illustrates the problem with this 'business value at all costs' perspective. Improved velocity is not the only or even primary takeaway from consolidating 3 mostly identical codebases into 1. There are so many benefits that I struggle to think of a decent justification for leaving triplicated codebases in play, based on what GP has described.