I’ve read the official accident reports for both the Indonesian and Ethiopian 737 Max incidents and although Boeing was cited for not sufficiently informing pilots on the potential flight impact of the MCAS system, the predominant cause was the failure to properly maintain the angle-of-attack sensors after they were reported as damaged and lack of flight crew training to handle the checklist required “runaway horizontal stabilizer” emergency procedure. The intended audience of the article was other trial lawyers who realize that the real money is in suing the deep pockets like Boeing.
Like many large companies that are highly regulated Boeing’s technical staff got too cozy with the FAA over time and when bad things happened it was natural for the government and press to make them the evil villain. The reality is that the causes of the crashes are much more complex than the simple “Boeing bad” narrative implies.
It's 2021. Complexity is not permitted.