> The ball is right there, bouncing alone in front of the goal

Their pitch is not to you, the dev. But, to the investor class. We are in this funny place in the market where you can make more money by catering to the investor class than to customers. In other words, an upside down world.

I, for one, am hard-pressed to think of the "Industries" where this wouldn't also apply.

That would be any industry where investors expect you to mostly give them money rather than vice versa.

Crazy US money printer allows this, so why not.