[qchris]

Isn't this sort of what the lawsuit is for, though? Even if it's cheaper to make the initial defective product and say you're sorry after, if the sorry is both guaranteed (prosecuting even the long tail) and large enough, then hopefully at some point it raises the overall cost to the point where it's now cheaper to build things correctly.

[hnfong]

Are we really going to essentially outlaw releasing buggy software now? And taking down software and services once a security issue has been found? Because I don't think any software I wrote was ever 100% bug-free.

And all bugs are potentially a security issue.

[remram]

We're talking about known security bugs, not just bugs. Stop with the strawman.

[pjmlp]

Just like everyone else is susceptible to lawsuits for bad services, faulty products, or ...