They probably don't see it as their job. The fact that trackpad quality varies between makes/models implies that it's both a hardware and a software problem, the latter probably being drivers. Maybe there is something in the OS that hampers it though, I don't know. Would be interesting to hear from engineers at the OEMs. Frankly, when I read these comments about the problems of PC trackpads, it's like a foreign language to me. Problems with gestures, multi-touch or palm strikes.. I can't recall the last time I had a PC laptop with those problems. My XPS 2-in-1 9310 sits in a bag across the room and am typing on a four-five year old Lenovo right now, neither of which have any such problems. What I notice on the wife's MBP trackpad is the feel (glass) and the (good) lack of physical movement in trackpad - this lenovo is clearly a momentary switch and at the very upper end of the pad the force to needed to click is tougher, but it hardly matters. A tap accomplishes the same thing that a physical click does and is probably how I engage it most often. I'm just not sure it's as big a problem with decently-built PC laptops as people make it out to be. PC hardware has a lot more going for it that overshadows the delta between a 99% trackpad and a 94% trackpad. Things like a touchscreen, active digitizers, tablet modes, escape keys, function keys, facial recognition, variety.