My take on this is that somehow this seems to be human nature at play (and should be accounted for) . This applies for anything that has some set of rules defined (be it by people, or nature). Basically a game. Everyone is trying to maximize for the win. Now and then a new thing is discovered and along with it, some new use cases for maximizing the wins. It's the same for politics (obscure laws that open different use cases), music (millennial whoop) , film (netflix only running series with 2-3 seasons) , formula 1, etc.