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Same reason NFC payments on Android were super niche for years before Apple finally implemented it. Or why so many apps don't use Android features that would improve them because iOS doesn't offer that feature. For whatever reason, Apple has an outsized mind share and are able to use that to hold back competing platforms because people don't want the iPhone version of their apps to be less capable.
Of course, the biggest loser in all this isn't Android. It's smaller platforms that want to compete with both Android and iOS.
I think this has to do with web/mobile dev and higher management usually being apple users
But then there are other features on Android that are thriving in spite of Apple not supporting them, like app sideloading.