The only way I’ve ever seen engineers care about PR’s is if the software or product is tied directly to their paycheck. If uptime or bugs directly impact a quarterly bonus, or result in a layoff / getting fired, they spend a lot more time reviewing PR’s. Furthermore, the work and its estimate is expanded to include enough time for the team to thoroughly review the change.

Unless someone is getting fired for bad code the “lgtm” culture will never die.