Yeah, I guess it’s pretty much a “worse is better” thing. Worse products are faster to market and cheaper, so why waste time and money trying to do it “right”?
True, but we are also in a golden age for building things like that and accomplishing scale without a ton of money. It does take time and care, but it no longer takes a massive R&D budget.
Name a resource more precious than time and one more scarce than care. What you're talking about is HARD to do.