Back in the stone age (1980) there was a saying "no one ever lost their job for buying IBM". Basically it was a case of CYA even if it wasn't the best choice.

That is part of the problem here I believe. There is so much concern (not unjustified) that somone will pass the buck that people play it safe even at a cost in performance.

I admit that I've done some of the same. I overpaid for my home router from Verizon rather than putting in something else, so that when I have connection issues they can't fingerpoint somewhere else.