Because it's consumerism. You want quick and deep stimulus. Not subtlety. When you're "educated" [1] you start to look the other way around. I remember understanding the value of a good DAC chip on a smartphone, even with a crappy mp3, I could rediscover songs that I've listened to a thousand time on bad DACs.

Same goes for photography, poetry etc etc.. mass market doesn't mesh well with that.

[1] whether by society or by your own passion