I do agree, and I agree with most of the comments here as well - but the point I was making was agnostic of standards, principles or frameworks.

The point I was making was that sameness is a market effect, not a technological one. If everyone in the world started craving for Google Glass tomorrow and nothing else, everything in the world of design or systems architecture would trend in that direction in a reasonable amount of time. Trend in a sense wherein it is easily produced, etc. and other factors.