Airbag deploying means the car is totalled usually. It is a catastrophic safety feature that damages everything around. First, you have the airbags out, which interferes with driving. So you'd need to cut them out before continuing. Second, airbags don't usually pop out of nowhere. 95% of the time, the damage is severe enough that the vehicle shouldn't drive anymore before major fixes are done. Seatbelts are gone too, since they locked up during the crash and they are stretched / strained enough to not be usable anymore. Third, airbags explode when they are activated, which disorients you as the passenger, makes it hard to see what's going on. Fourth, many cars automatically disconnect the fuel pump, battery cables to prevent adding more fuel / sparks to a crash already.

Honestly, airbags popping aren't a "non issue" like you try to make it seem. Call a tow truck.

I mean, imagine you ignore the warning, drive on a highway and the hood pops up on you out of nowhere. Just because you couldn't get it to open doesn't mean it won't unjam itself at highway speeds once air gets under it and turns it into a sail. Either blinding you entirely, or ripping off the hinges, flying off and hitting someone else's windshield - blinding them, or even killing (imagine a motorcycle getting hit by it). I think the hate isn't justified, maybe other than the fact that they weren't able to fix it themselves. This sensor should be standard issue on all cars, since this absolutely is an issue with safety.