Sure, but even if they started tomorrow it would probably be years before it even could be considered experimental outside of the most daring early adaptors.
Having a combability layer is not ideal but it would mean they could have something worker for more users faster and at the same time see which modules/drivers they should focus on.
The same goes for pretty much everything in life, not just games. It might suck in the short term, but just don’t put up with friends/partners/jobs you don’t like. Make a change