Bottom line is, they don’t believe in the free market or freedom of choice generally (see Obamacare).
So even when they happen to stumble upon a good idea, they ruin it by making it mandated by the federal government.
Just yesterday here in Minnesota, a democrat state legislator introduced a bill to make the app that allows you to track down your missing cellphone MANDATORY. You and I would say, let the manufacturers treat it as a feature to attract buyers to their product versus another one, but they see themselves as the arbiter of what you need and so you don’t get a choice (even if it raises the price of the item).
Another insane proposal. People are just too stupid to decide for themselves if they want to purchase an app?
The Minnesota legislature isn't in session yet.