Who's surprised?

- More and more locked down bootloaders

- Less and less support and updates guarantee

- A mess on the interfaces provided: each brand as its own that no one can expect to be consistent

- Devices loose support after 2 years and enter in maintenance mode after that

- Expensive as iphone

So why would I want an iPhone? for locked down expensive experience then I should got an iPhone. Apple is pushing for updates and device support, so yes.