There are so much more nice sites on the planet. South America has lots, New Zealand, Australia… Just to name a few. Why would I spent money to go to that place and thus supporting a fascist regime, getting profiled for nothing and be seen as a potential threat for nothing when there are so many better alternatives?

What’s Java???

The one thing which COULD justify it, is technical debt. A programming language not supported anymore or in short-term/mid-term, bus factor, too much knowledge transfer, etc. But yeah, lots of times it’s “business as usual” just for “progress” and fancy buzzwords.