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The trailer was released today and all episodes come out in April 11th. That's in barely over a month from now so I don't know why being "further along in production" is relevant in this case.
Also, 99%? Where did you get that number from? Not to mention that resolutions higher than 1080p are common in all of the device categories you mentioned.
On top of all this, youtube uses a shittier codec if you upload in 1080p so that's (at least in part) why the image quality in this trailer is noticeably bad.
To make what was shaping up to be a way too long answer, very short: that figure is exaggerated but their point still stands. People with a 4k capable device, and internet access that allows streaming 4k, are very, very far from representing the majority of people with an internet access. I'd argue they're even very far from the majority in "rich" countries
That's sort of beside the point though? I can't see how the cost of making the trailer in 4k makes even the slightest dent in a project of this magnitude. I mean, the source video already has to be 4k (or higher) so they're intentionally rendering at a lower resolution. I can't think of a single reason that would reasonably explain this.