My POV it's better than pretending certain segments of the economy are special and can completely avoid all liability.
People really hate the idea of slip and fall cases until their grandmother slips and falls.
> The better alternative would to be to completely rework the software developing discipline to be as rigorous as civil engineering from the top down. Requiring proper licensing, and security clearances for accessing U.S. customer data.
Yeah, maybe. It's kind of incredible this kind of seat of the pants engineering has lasted as long as it has.