It can also be dangerous to be the person who blames execs. Other execs might see you as a snake who doesn't play the game, and start treating you as a problem child who needs to go, your actual contributions to the business be damned. Even if you have the clout to piss off powerful people, you can make an enemy for life there, who will be waiting for an opportunity to blame you for something, or use their influence to deny raises and resources to your team.

Also with enterprise software a simple bug can do massive damage to clients and endanger large contracts. That's often a good reason to follow the Chesterton's fence rule.