Or the "simple" solution is sufficient as the vast majority of users won't even use "quick workarounds that fit in a comment on Hacker News". And if the simple

Or the "simple" solution is sufficient as the vast majority of users won't even use "quick workarounds that fit in a comment on Hacker News". And if the simple solution that still works most of the time is sufficient to avoid liability in the courts then it's solved the problem they were aiming at. If the more complex solution costs more in engineering time than the benefit, they're arguably obliged as a public company to not implement it. Often chasing the long tail just isn't worth it.