SGG

At least it has a goal in life?

Create the problem so you can sell the solution. Business 101.

It’s like Vault-Tec, just without the nukes at the moment

Also true, but that’s not what shareholders and executives care about. They just want the next quarterly profits to go up to get their payouts

Similar to Netflix’s approach, they most likely found that viewership drops sharply after the first 2 or 3 seasons, so more money to be made elsewhere.