What, if anything, we have come to realise, is that music technology needs to be tested in some kind of musical arena before it's value can be truly assessed. This usually requires the efforts of many like-minded musicians. When you think about it, musical production linked to a general technology is destined to be problematic. No musical instrument in history has had its relevance determined by global industries variously disinterested in the production of music. Perhaps the piano is almost in that category because for its viability, it depends on the fruits of such technologies as heavy industry, international trade and marketing.
Music comes under Marketing.
What was extremely difficult to grasp several decades ago was how and to what degree technology would change music. From the 1960s onwards, music technology has been essential to youth cultural development and participation in technological evolution is frequently and conveniently the domain of the young. Consider how many 60 year olds there might be hacking code with unbridled enthusiasm for 30 hours straight. More likely, by the time anyone reaches that age, they can employ 20 year olds to do that. And as a consequence, young people, left to their own devices, often come up with interesting and relevant projects.