Not to disagree but there is something to be learned from failing

They didn't fail. They got their promotions. It's you, the end user, who is left holding the bag. But fear not, HTTP3 is on the horizon and this time it's going to be glorious!

Same. Knowing some of them personally confirms that they‘re humans after all.

Ppl tend to care for things that enable bonuses

Evaluating the conditions is very subjective

It's not difficult to just ask the persons involved. You aren't going to get a uniform set of responses arguing for the affirmative; many people (a) aren't doing their best, and (b) are comfortable saying so.

„it‘s not economical to build good software“

Physical products suffer the same fate. It makes no (capitalist) sense for a business to make a product that never needs to be replaced. In the US, it means we've seen brands like Levi's and L.L. Bean quality and guarantees decline greatly compared to the products that earned them their reputation.

"Of a quality too high for the market to rationally produce"

Enjoy your Lamborghini made of plastic with the app screen that nags you to renew the bundled satellite radio subscription! :D

Just cat the blockdev to a bash socket

Why is Apple News relevant here? Has paywall as well

Probably because a lot of people have the Apple One subscription tier that gets you Apple News+.

Which gets you access to a lot of pay walled media.

So a direct link is useful to those that have Apple News+.

So that’s why, and I appreciate the Apple News link :-)