[robocat]

> Short of some sort of cultural pushback from developers or users

Corporations create great code too: they're not all badly run.

The problem isn't a code quality issue: it is a moral issue of whether you agree with the goals of capitalist businesses.

Many people have to balance the needs of their wallet with their desire for beautiful software (I'm a developer-founder I love engineering and open source community but I'm also capitalist enough to want to live comfortably).