Having bad software or a bad website is very often not an existential threat to companies, but having no software or no website is very often an existential threat.
The secret is, you don't have to not write and/or delete everything indiscriminately.
The second thing is: companies do not only try to avoid existential threats; they also attempt to have economical approaches. If anything needs to be maintained, there is the potential, if it is crappy, to make maintenance costly.
The second thing is: companies do not only try to avoid existential threats; they also attempt to have economical approaches. If anything needs to be maintained, there is the potential, if it is crappy, to make maintenance costly.