"Deliberately unwrap the optional" is the exact same thing as "deliberately unwrap the pointer", you just deref' it and it's UB if the optional / pointer is empty.

C++'s std::optional is not a safety feature (it's no safer than using a unique_ptr or raw pointer), it's an optimisation device: if you put a value in an std::optional you don't have to heap allocate it.

> It super easy to just dereference any pointer you got back from some function call in C++, without paying attention.

And optionals work the exact same way. There's no difference, they don't warn you and they don't require using a specific API like `value_unchecked()`. You just deref' the optional to get the internal value, with the same effects as doing so on any other pointer.