@chartier @feditips As someone who has worked for a larger/started a smaller hosting company, I can that especially for the larger hosts, it isn't advantageous for them to devote the time building it out for their environments.
The reason WordPress and other PHP based applications work is it can share the same core services (LAMP for example) as hundreds of other sites without additional overhead.
Then there is the support cost of training and staffing. 1/