> What is more likely is that the decisions are largely rational, just don't correspond to your preferences.

Cyber Security itself is an example of this. It may seem rational to want guarantees of security for the entire supply chain. But that simply isn't possible in reality.

A professional effort is the judicious application of resources to the highest priorities. That includes care in design and testing. Applications built with C and C++ are running everywhere around the world, every minute of every day.