[spicyusername]

Because most code is paid for and the people paying want as much code as possible for as cheap as they can get it.

If your code is expensive, the fact is that now someone can write it cheaper.

[boesboes]

That's the real problem, people making decisions that think more code == more software == more value. We've been through this over and over again, managers think they know better, engineers left to clean up their mess