There is no consequence for selling quackery/products that suck.
There is no consequence for writing quackery/products that suck.
They are not separate phenomena. They are one and the same, done by different organizations. I should go a step further and say sometimes the way incentives align - you are actually encouraged to sell quackery, it is very profitable. Any system that doesn't actively discourage the possibility of quackery being profitable is mediocre at it's root.
It's just mediocrity that goes unchecked. It is the same problem every time.
There is no consequence for writing quackery/products that suck.
They are not separate phenomena. They are one and the same, done by different organizations. I should go a step further and say sometimes the way incentives align - you are actually encouraged to sell quackery, it is very profitable. Any system that doesn't actively discourage the possibility of quackery being profitable is mediocre at it's root.
It's just mediocrity that goes unchecked. It is the same problem every time.