I tried to point out areas where performance and elegance still matter and where customers more often don't know what they need, that is, areas where developers

I tried to point out areas where performance and elegance still matter and where customers more often don't know what they need, that is, areas where developers are kind of ahead of customers' immediate needs, contrary to the point of the original post. So my comment wasn't really about the business side of things, i.e. who pays, when and how.