A year ago I would have labeled this as deliberate evilness.<p>Today, after having spent a year in a company that is 97% focused on hardware (I&#x27;m part of the other 3%) - I could quite easily see this happen just out of ignorance&#x2F;lack of focus.<p>My conclusion is that in companies like this:<p>- By default they think of the final delivery as a piece of electronics, not a system of hardware and software.<p>- They either consciously or inadvertedly think less of software than of hardware. Software is an afterthought you add to make the hardware function.