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I still remember when people would complain about "fragmentation" in the Android market as a "problem." I mean, maybe it was in similar ways to how having a gajillion Linux distros as options can be a "problem" for a regular user. But honestly, since the beginning I have hated this complaint because guess what. Android is now "less fragmented" but that has only made it easier in the long-run for anti-consumer decisions to be made. This is a trade-off in my mind and I'd rather alienate regular users than make it easier for business to enforce a monopoly or oligopology on the firmware market. If a user prefers the opposite, they can go somewhere else. I say this as someone who now owns an iPhone btw. I just don't believe everything needs to always cater to everyone. I do think we should improve accessibility more generally, but to me that is a separate consideration from "streamlining" people's consumption or consumer choices.