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Cors was usually not part of any tutorials. To new people it was more of an afterthought, just set policy to get you page to work.
Hehe yeah, security in general has been an afterthought in the computing space.
And it makes sense. You first make something possible, then restrict it for whatever cases you don't want it happening. The latter is supposed to be easier.