Comment by mwigdahl

It's not just a joke, it's a meta-joke! To address the substance of your comment, it's probably an opportunity cost thing. Programmers on staff were likely engaged in what was at least perceived as higher value work, and replacing the $250/mo subscription didn't clear the bar for cost/benefit.

Now with Claude, it's easy to make a quick and dirty tool to do this without derailing other efforts, so it gets done.