So you mean, when something fit their narrative (here: government research is better) people forget about other attempts? And counter examples in similar domains (here: wifi) are also dismissed?
Color me impressed!
Wifi is not a counter example. The underlying technology was invented at CSIRO, the Australian government research agency.
Something must be invented somewhere. All I say is government research is not necessarily "better". It just is.
Well, at least on this case government research did produce the best outcome. By far. So far no comparison even makes sense, and people don't even remember there were other attempts.