I hate the framing that developers are the people not caring. It's a ridiculous misrepresentation of the dynamics I've seen everywhere. Developers usually love

I hate the framing that developers are the people not caring. It's a ridiculous misrepresentation of the dynamics I've seen everywhere. Developers usually love optimizing stuff. However, they are under pressure to deliver functional changes. One could blame "the business" for not caring and not making time for shipping a quality product. However, these business decisions are made because that's what wins customers. Customers might complaint that that wasn't more lightweight software. But clearly their stated preference doesn't match their revealed preference.