> From my experience in the aviation software world, we spend a great deal more on demonstrating reliability than in producing it.

The same is true in organic produce. I hear of a lot of farms that follow all the rules to raise organic goods but can't label them "certified USDA organic" because the certification process is too expensive.

This is what I was responding to in the original comment:

> forced firmware updating is an area our governments should not be mandating

I think that if a company can't maintain a team to deliver regular security updates to their internet-connected products, then they shouldn't be producing internet-connected products in the first place.

I agree with you that government-mandated aviation-software levels of product certification would be destructive overkill.