But attitude like yours has shifted people and money away from developer tools. Instead of all the possible tools we could have from many developers, we are now totally dependent on big tech to sponsor it, like VSCode etc. And over time it would move in direction that will promote another service from the same company like copilot and vscode.
(The second and third 80%'s still need human intervention).
Someone needs to invent a hat that developers have to wear: when the developer starts to write signup, login or authentication code, a hand pokes out of the hat and slaps him.
If I buy a circular saw, I don’t want a relationship with Makita. I don’t want to have to log in to use it. I don’t want it telling Makita how many boards I cut and how well the saw is working. No offense, but I’m just not that into you, Manufacturer.