I believe this is how most existing pre-internet companies do business now. Hire consultants to build the product and let the contract expire. Employ a minimal

I believe this is how most existing pre-internet companies do business now. Hire consultants to build the product and let the contract expire. Employ a minimal staff to add new features and keep it running. Expect this to work for 20+ years, but repeat the process in 6. Since, as you note, we have no leverage, we should be happy to wade through all the table-scrap tech debt wrought by offshore consultants (and in the future -- AI) as a way to keep our dependents fed. Why should tech be treated differently by business than delivery drivers at this point? The market is flooded and the skills are no longer unique. The only leverage we have at this point is where we spend our money, but the markets are so consolidated now we can't pick somewhere to get a product that doesn't feed revenue into the company we chose not to buy from.