“Because they make incredibly stupid choices in how they spend their money?”
Enshittification and late-stage capitalism are the main factors here. $10 toothpaste. 80k vehicles that can’t go 80k miles without a new angine and/or transmission. You can’t buy a good US sourced vehicle anymore. Streaming that actually costs more than cable. Cloud based products with feartures deliberarely behind subscriptions go inert when companies go out of business, or just decide to stop supporting them.
$10 toothpaste? Come on!