[jacquesm]

Well, in this case the proof is there for your perusal: it works. They have ironed out most if not all of the kinks and manufacturers are pissed that they got shown up by a bunch of people who they consider to be subjects, not having agency. Because after all, if a bunch of ordinary but skilled people can do this their justification for obscene pricing all but evaporates.

I look at these companies for a living. Every two weeks on average another one. I see their codebases. I interview their engineers. There is no magic sauce. It is rare that you come across a company that really gets engineering and that doesn't see the product as a minor obstacle on the way to profits. Medical device companies in general are not exceptional in this sense (though I am aware of one that is).

But fine, you think that the people that work for these companies are somehow better than that ones whose lives are at stake. I beg to differ.

[rkomorn]

> But fine, you think that the people that work for these companies are somehow better than that ones whose lives are at stake.

That is not the point I'm making.

The point I'm making is that someone's life being at stake does not inherently make then better.

[jacquesm]

True, but the suggestions made here are that they are worse and shouldn't be trusted. I disagree with that. They are at least as good, and they could well be better.