Then why do machine learning scientists get paid multiples more than statisticians? Why do CS departments get far more funding for ML grants than the same grant branded from the statistics department?
Say what you want about ML vs statistics, the fact is: in both academia and industry, machine learning is far sexier than statistics.
The free market says they don't care. I've had my identity stolen from a data breach. Could I have sued? Yes. Could I have led a class action lawsuit? Yes.
Did I? No. Why? I'm fine now and just like billions of other humans, I'm lazy and simply just don't care enough.
This is false and you know it.