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Because software is easier to analyze than hardware?
Certainly, although OSX has enough closed source parts, and obfuscation is good enough to let a supply chain attack live in Go's module ecosystem for years. Obfuscation is reasonably effective, especially when the DMCA in the US makes reverse engineering legally hazardous, and it's iffy in the EU as well. Anyone who found an issue would have to make it public very anonymously.