Partly what everyone here has said already – the technology takes time to develop and starting from square 1 makes more sense than starting at the final iteration.
Although, on the other hand, I’d say part of it is [“Planned Obsolesence.”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence)
Imagine you’re a company that makes computer chips – you can instantly make the smallest most compact most efficient chip possible – and then what?
After everyone who wants a chip purchases one – what drives sales beyond the slow trickle of replacements and late adopters?
IF, however, you design a chip that will become obsolete in 2 years – because you have an entire multi-decade plan for how you will scale down your chips over time, you can sell all of those chips… then 2 years later, they’re obsolete – your new chips are better… so you can sell all those chips to everyone who bought one before… rinse and repeat for a few decades and you’ve turned a one time profit into a long-term business model that will generate you billions.
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