Great article, and WOW.
A comment on related article on ArsTechnical had something interesting to say:

Why government regulations are always talked about as a Bad Thing, without being vocally and vociferously challenged by others amazes me. Many of these regulations are written in blood, or were put in place by deep thoughtful consideration by engineers advising regulators.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/03/boeing-downplayed-737-max-software-risks-self-certified-much-of-planes-safety/?comments=1&post=37030145

One of the longest standing, most pointless regulations in history is finally ending.

This rule is even more stupid than the one about taking off your shoes. Yet nobody dares change it!