I'm a bit late of the game and I'm not the biggest Star Trek fan, but I have to wonder why Paramount wasted about a decade making these shows?

I never hear anyone talk about them, basically no one is watching them, they don't win any awards, and the fans hate them.
It's pretty obvious that Paramount is winding down their Star Trek stuff because all of these shows except Strange New Worlds have been cancelled and that show is probably ending after the upcoming season.

The only reason people use Paramount Plus is for Tyler Sheridan shows, yet Paramount kept making bad Star Trek shows no one watched, why?