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by dave_j 2320 days ago
Typically Time and Consequences of Failure:

1) People typically die when things go wrong and are heavily regulated. Most software that works in this space are tested in accordance to those industry standards. Your desktop browser doesn't need to be engineered to those standards.

2) Other engineering disciplines have in certain cases had 100s if not 1000s of years progress. We've had less than 60 years.