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As a young hipster developer, I agree with you 100%. Modern startups have generally been taking an approach that is totally dismissive of long-tail risks such as this one.

I think it is extremely unfortunate that financial incentives are currently stacked against engineering responsibly -- a startup that tries to actually secure a well-built product will need to spend an often unaffordable amount of money or time doing so.

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