Don't think most people are looking into it that deeply.
Isn't that literally what they're saying?
No one is thinking deeply about why there is a mismatch.
Every ai pusher thinks that not only will their products sell its self but that they are providing something so revolutionary we should be thanking them for it.
It's basic math for these executives, the cost of bandwidth is magnitudes less than than the cost to pay someone to reduce it. They do not care about the cost to gamers.