[smileysteve]

> This is not true for financial debt.

It is however true with assets; The housing crisis provides a great example; housing is an asset when it is always appreciating; however, if it starts depreciating (2008), it quickly became a liability.

This translates nicely to product. Each feature is an asset for selling; until it is found to have liabilities (pii data storage, inability to scale), then the feature either needs work again (requiring reinvestment) or removed (sold).

[foobarrio]

That's a good comparison I haven't thought of before!