@icedquinn @mangeurdenuage
Where I worked, it was always couched in terms of risk management. I knew several people who really thought it was a good idea to spend 10x on a device, to get it with "support" and a good warranty.

They applied the same logic to IT projects, and dev work. They seemed to almost always lead to failure. But! the people who did such things were just promoted to better things xD It was indeed safer for a subcontracted project to fail, than to risk doing it in house... and least for the person's career.