What an uninformed opinion. Just because you don’t need them doesn’t mean nobody does. Autism is a real problem, and solving real problems is something companies do for profit, not because it’s “PC”.
why not just let the autism research guys or whatever develop this stuff?
How do you know that resources were diverted? Are you suggesting that the same people responsible for Azure's capacity issues are the same people working on this? Because these are two wholly different things that require different subsets of skills.
>why not just let the autism research guys or whatever develop this stuff?
Why not just let the plumber fly the plane? Why not just let the cook captain the ship?
Autism researchers partner with people who can develop these tools. That's what's happening here.
If this makes more money than it cost, then what does it matter?