Comment by cyanydeez

The problem is there's no growth market, there's no easy to canibalize existing market, and the tools are not "we'll buy a new one every year".

The world in which capitalism has taken hold is not one that produces incrementally better products for niche markets.

You end up mostly with passionate people improving niche markets, and if it involves hardware, we're just at the beginning of small time custom hardware makers to make a dent into this type of market need.