What is "coder arrogance"? The expectation that the 20-year-old API (SSE) will be used over the deprecated 40-year-old API that is currently losing compiler (and silicon) support? Can you point to a running x86 machine today that does not have SSE?
It is also faster and more precise to use double-double for math over x87 extended precision. There is literally no reason to compile an x87 instruction today aside from a programmer not knowing better.