I am pro-nuclear power, but I miss the days when companies would, you know, return their profits to investors, so those investors could then invest in other companies doing different things, instead of all corporations tending towards generic everything-investment vehicles.
This is partly due to tax policy. Investors don't want this. Distributing dividends is less efficient capital distribution because those capital gains are immediately taxed rather than be deferred into a higher share price with no tax drag.
Oh no, capital would be taxed!
Don't threaten me with a good time.
This is why every tech company does buybacks(other than meta which started a dividend when Mark got sick of high interest rates on his debt, they still mainly do buybacks though)