Or nuclear near-annihilation, which was a definite concern when these were erected. Or a pandemic.
This is the correct answer. All of the other explanations are dancing around this: no matter what YOU think of a particular product, if a customer is willing to buy it then YOUR opinion must be the wrong one.
At least “Off” is consistent. That could have been a total train wreck.
Except the autosave in BBEdit. I trust that with my life. It’s never lost ANYTHING in 30 years.