Considering how bad the state of software is, it's pretty obvious that we should have started paying for it long ago.

My software works just fine, thanks.

So says every dev who introduces a memory safety bug.

True, but we're already paying for not having it.

As opposed to right now where our users pay for it.

We are already paying for it.

This is the same argument against universal healthcare: “oh but look how much it will cost”. Yeah, it’s a lot. It’s also less than the price tag of the current system.

And you think that youre immune to the cost increases Clorox or Colonial Pipelines pass along so they can pay their literal ransoms?

Compared to paying $10,000 for a Windows license, yeah, I'm pretty much immune.

You people literally do not know what you're asking for, and you don't understand what would happen if you received it. When you stand on the shoulders of giants, it's bad form to kick the ladder away.