Technical ownership is supposed to define those who can meaningfully steer the evolution of a manageable unit of engineering work. Modern frameworks preach on the role of the Product Owner as a single accountable figure managing goals, backlogs, and stakeholder priorities. In practice, artificial, imposed ownership clashes with natural ownership that arises from those who design and deeply understand the object of interest. This means artificial owners lack the technical insight to navigate the dependencies, making their authority superficial and their influence limited to administrative backlog maintenance.