Because our profession is a joke. Whatever is fastest, cheapest, and easiest is what we do, with no regard given to things like long-term impact or security. We

Because our profession is a joke. Whatever is fastest, cheapest, and easiest is what we do, with no regard given to things like long-term impact or security. We have no standards for code quality or correctness built into any of our tooling and processes. This no less true today than it was 40 years ago. Perhaps the fallout in terms of crashes and ransomware will convince the industry to start adopting quality standards, but I don't have my hopes up.