Comment by zelphirkalt

Software development, like most other things, are part of the same make-believe market, that we run our societies in, in most countries around the world. Lets face it, most of the big money in software is believe money, not actual proven value of a thing. The word "evaluation" sort of already tells us this. It's not fact checking "How much did they sell?" or "How many users bought access or a license?", it is "How much do we believe in the future of this thing?" and risky investment "How much could we make, if this thing takes off?".

For software, I am not sure this is helpful. Maybe we would develop way less trash software, if it was different. But then again we would probably still develop engagement farming software, because people would still use or buy that.