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You do accept that bad software has been written, yes? and that some of that software is performing important functions? So how is saying "It needs to be written better in the first place" of any use at all when discussing legacy software?
It's not, but you'll still hear it a lot. Funny, no one can agree on what "better" means, especially not the first person who wrote it, who had unclear requirements, too little time, and 3 other big tickets looming. All of these problems descend from management, they don't always spontaneously come into being because of "bad devs", although sometimes they do.