I don't know if there's a sensible way to define "typical" gate fidelities, and I agree "90 to 99 percent" is misleadingly low, but picking some of the highest

I don't know if there's a sensible way to define "typical" gate fidelities, and I agree "90 to 99 percent" is misleadingly low, but picking some of the highest reported numbers (possibly achieved in specialized non-scalable set ups) is also not very representative. The engineering of gate quality is too messily intertwined with the rest of the device.