I'd love to try the software products from these countries, but I can't deny that some of the very things spoken of in the article came from the origins of which you speak.

Samsung made Tizen, and many of the 'TVs with eyes and ears' out there.

BMW was apparently the flagship for heated seats as a service.

To be fair, Nintendo is pretty good at innovation in both hardware and software, but not so much at cutting edge power these days. Or, like, people trying to have fun with friends (whether online or in tournaments).

I can't speak for China on your list; would love to hear of some battle tested counterexamples though.

All of that said, greed is undoubtedly a leading cause for many of these industry wide ailments. Why innovate when you can coast? Why invent something in your spare time for nothing when someone can pay you good money to transform JSON?