These companies have super talented engineers and can afford to invest in skunkworks projects like these when they can’t find any suitable options in the market.
More like "super talented engineers" will keep increasing cost of such projects until they get told this stuff doesn't generate revenue/cost cutting is happening, so work more on ad tech, leave or find external free labor("community") to maintain it.
These companies have super talented engineers and can afford to invest in skunkworks projects like these when they can’t find any suitable options in the market.