As an engineering manager I have struggled many times trying to convey the real cost of these 'cant you just do this...' type of things. This article makes a clear case in a structured way.

I haven't run into many product manager that would understand the cost management exposed here. Most product development company I have been at avoid discussion/debates around the real cost of some of the development.

I'm not sure whether it's the lack of understanding, or simply the lack of interest for long term impacts sometime outlived by exit strategies.