That's two different components, so they're made by two separate cottage industries in two different states to make sure you have leverage on more politicians.

That's two different components, so they're made by two separate cottage industries in two different states to make sure you have leverage on more politicians. Connecting the two would increase the BOM by $0.1, which means a $1000 increase in retail price, and customers don't want to pay that, so clearly everything is the customers' fault. (/s)