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It's a bit trite, but the answers are: 1) money 2) money

Can't repair your own stuff and either need to use authorized repair shop or buy new? The company gets more money.

Force your developers to forgo quality in efforts to produce more cruft in less time? The company gets more money.

Of course, only considering short-term, long-term they'll lose money, but at that point all the executives and managers already got their bonuses and probably moved on to doing the same in some other company.