Why hasnt a turntable manufacturer produced a table with automatic tonearm return/shutoff?

Seems to me the mere existence of the Little Fwend and vs other tonearm lifters reflects a problem that needs solving. I’m just saying I’m surprised such mechanisms are not incorporated into the initial design of high end turntables along with auto return and shut off. Some people just don’t b like getting up every 20 minutes when the side playing is over. It’s hard to get off the ground for some of us😎

I only use a tonearm lifter (I use the Audio Technica version which is much less expensive than the little fwend and does precisely the same thing) because the noise at the runout groove is too jarring after the music stops playing. Also, I would never leave a record on the platter once it's done playing, so what benefit would there be to this scenario? Of course, this is all at a spry 56 years and I might well feel differently when and if I'm less mobile.

im pretty sure a theres a current production semi-automatic table, but its a lift/shutoff not a return function

Dual make turntabes with lift/shutoff.

Dual make turntables with lift/shutoff.