The whole license thing just seems silly: they use and reference like 100 things from The Next Generation, so they must be allowed to use that. So why no TNG ships? Or even just a fleet of a bunch of different types? Was this the Star Trek Clone War fleet or something? Like Starfleet finally made a massive fleet of dedicated battleships...you know to promote peace?
So is everyone in Star Trek now immortal? Just transfer your mind into a synth? Guess everyone forgot that was done way back on TNG season 2. (oh and it was done in the OS too).
So...wait was Data alive for like the last 20 years then? Um...why did they just never make him a new body then? Were they..er..using the Data box to make all the synthitics?
As silly as it looks, it was a serious issue, when Bad Robot obtain the license, Paramount and CBS 'wanted' a 25% look, not to clash with the current IP, especially on merchandising when JJA wanted CBS to drop the entire 'Prime Trek' look to sell his own version, they said NO, cause that was a 30 to 40 million yearly revenue stream.
When the Kelvin timeline video game came out, it failed with out additional support from CBS or whoever else.
Although the first 3 movies from the KTL made more money than Prime Trek films, the merchandise support was not there to keep it in people's mind.
So, it is not a silly issue, CBS and Paramount protected their current value of Trek, and let BR fend on it is own. But with CBS with Moonves of late back then, it became a means to make money with license fees. NetFlix paid for Season 1 STD, refuses to invest in Season 2, and Amazon pick up the tab for STP and Season 3 for STD.
But from previous snippets released, that is it...both Streamers companies want out, cause the premise put out about the show originally was changed, from Netflix's view, and for Amazon, the ratings are not so hot.
Now, to whatever amount of insane cash spent on both shows, the return is has been little or none at all.
This is now reflective in the stock fall of late.
It not silly to anyone who owes shares in the company.