Less rosy view: sacrificing quality to increase adoption or decrease time to market always wins, so on the market, all software moves towards being the worst possible design that's still fit for purpose.
Alternative phrasing: the market runs on greedy optimization, which means a lot of value that could be gained is simply unreachable.
There is still value in elegant and sound solutions though. Even if inevitably unsuccessful, they will still be influential on the next round of practical hacks.
Alternative phrasing: the market runs on greedy optimization, which means a lot of value that could be gained is simply unreachable.