That's business. A "We could make them, but we couldn't make money on them" thing.I know. I just like bagging on the 30-50,000 hour life of LED bulbs. Haven't seen it yet.
In the late 90's, early 2000's I bought a 15 watt equivalent LED bulb for $35+ shipping. Put it in a lamp in my living room and ran it 24 hours a day up until a few years ago. When I tossed it, it was at best about 2/3 as bright as it was new, but still working. But that's $60+ dollars in today's Biden bucks, not many going to pay that for a single 15 watt light bulb. And no one wants to make a product that lasts 20 years.