The argument is made on a system level, not on a single binary level. Given many dynamically linked binaries, it's relatively easy to patch say OpenSSL on a sy

The argument is made on a system level, not on a single binary level. Given many dynamically linked binaries, it's relatively easy to patch say OpenSSL on a system. If all binaries are statically linked, you need to relink all binaries and push new versions of each one.