A software company is a software company, not a technical company.
So, in terms of Risk and Responsibility, discussions of Technical Debt don't sufficiently examine the nature of Risk (across-org complexity sources, wetware, workflows, market feedback cycles etc.). The concept also skews and pigeonholes the Responsibility of dealing with it to a small subset of people.
A software company is a software company, not a technical company.
So, in terms of Risk and Responsibility, discussions of Technical Debt don't sufficiently examine the nature of Risk (across-org complexity sources, wetware, workflows, market feedback cycles etc.). The concept also skews and pigeonholes the Responsibility of dealing with it to a small subset of people.