[Tokumei-no-hito]

why bother when not a single vulnerability has resulted in any appreciable fines or loss of market share? it's absurd how untouchable their ubiquity has become.

[sneak]

They’re the Boeing of software. They go down with the ship, but, critically, it means they also can’t go down until and unless the ship also does.

It’s a symbiotic relationship that allows them to stop having to spend resources to compete in the market on merit.

[realusername]

That's pretty accurate, if you want modern practice and product quality you go to Google or Amazon, if you want compliance and reassuring the board, you go to Microsoft.