Simple logic that you don't want to follow maybe?
The police "as prevention" may say do not go down that dark alley in this neighborhood, you may be robbed.
You can then decide if you go or not. You may want to go there , because your stuff is in a shed down there and you have not had any incidents.
The police will not block the access to that dark alley, so you can't go down there and get your stuff.
A pop up saying:
WARNING using JAVA is insecure to use or so
with an
I understand the risks (not that people do) continue
or
Cancel
This notification can be turned off in the preferences file.
Nobody here says that we do not appreciate actions by Apple to make our user experiences as safe as possible.
But, when somebody switches something off in my computer, I'd like to know.
Al Franken will get on this very shortly and the government will get involved.
Not necessarily a good thing, just wait and see