You're thinking within an audiophile bubble. The traditional boxed speaker industry is relatively small in general, I personally don't know a single person who still owns an amp/avr or full size passive speakers. The number of people within what is already a niche that are looking to buy single $2000 speakers is almost infinitesimal on the macro scale. The overwhelming majority people these days only own airpods, soundbars, or smart speakers. These are mass produced speakers which under normal circumstance have plenty of supply available, they gain nothing turning away sales to competing dealers or cheaper makes/models they may