[outworlder]

No, although that could be part of it.

You are probably talking about consumer gear. Consumers usually have two requirements: a) FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES. All of them. 200 beamforming antennas. Interplanetary internet. b) Price. All of the above for the lowest price possible. FTL communication? Cool. It better be under $50 or I'll buy the competitor.

So this is what the companies optimize for. Who cares if DHCP is broken if it works most of the time. Memory leak? Just have it reboot. IPV6 broken? Most customers won't even know or care.

You'll find that 'enterprise' hardware performs way better. At a price premium.