I don't think that's fair to a large number of engineers. We know that code gets loaded with technical debt and we know that we can't spend time fixing it because of "business realities". That doesn't mean it isn't a problem for us though. Anyone whose had to maintain a codebase that's years old and riddled with undocumented and untested "features" suffers for it. Old code is a source of stress and anxiety. It might make money, but that isn't a reason to think it's not an issue.