It's not just about being measurable, it's about being profitable. Capitalism results in efficient production, not efficient products, because it's only interes

It's not just about being measurable, it's about being profitable. Capitalism results in efficient production, not efficient products, because it's only interested in extracting profit from the production system. Cars were optimised only after external (oil) shocks were applied, and even then very unevenly (American cars continue to be very inefficient). In fact, inefficient products are often more profitable in practice, as customers have to replace them more often; the crappy iPhone cable that splits after a year means Apple can charge you again (and again) for its replacement. White goods now break more often, but they're built more cheaply so they can make per-unit profit higher than it would otherwise be. What matters is efficiency producing, not after-sale use. Capitalism in software means churning out new automation as quickly as possible, letting consumers pick up the resulting waste of energy and time. The production chain gets more and more standardized and optimized: you can now swap React developers, or Kubernetes admins, like you can swap warehouse workers, with all that it entails in terms of salary pressure. Some of that automation is effectively self-justifying, in the same way accountants make accountancy terms obscure so they can justify their jobs; but that's about it. Everything else is about profit.