In isolation of course, since I only want to know what the incentives are. Those incentives of course are just one variable, there are probably a million others. But, if the incentives are to prioritize everything else other than making a better product when facing competition, to me that sounds like a big fucking deal. No, not big enough to destroy the world and make no one ever invest in product quality, but a counterproductive incentive on par with say a government worker not having a profit incentive.

Prove me wrong, that's why I'm here. So far everything has been largely besides the point, show me why increasing product quality is actually a better option or at least on par with the rest.