I think there is more to it than too cheap. I think it is not enough money and not enough need. If the budget is $150k and it is SV, you aren't going to hire a team.

Another problem is I think Google and like companies have been vacuuming up the best of the best sysops and DBAs. This has had the effect of making them hard to find, and even if you can, you can't afford them. Then you see the conquences of companies trying to figure out an alternative plan. The results are Devops and NoOps.