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But they are used in commercial kitchens. I joined a cooking course arranged by a well-known restaurant where I live, and to my surprise the kitchen we used used induction. Very easy to operate, and you could easily set the heating exactly. It worked basically as a gas restaurant kitchen, just without the gas.

Woks suck on induction by design and that’s pretty much it. The rest is uniquely US problem of not having 400V installations.

you have wok shaped induction plates that work extremely well

It's a niche, I give you that, and the plate can only be used with specific sized woks, but they exist.

https://maxima.com/en/induction-wok-wok-burner.html

Inertia? Ignorance?

I've seen induction cooktops in commercial kitchens before, maybe they were just being stupid?