[mostlylurks]

It's also what I, as a user, want. I don't want some middle-man corporate "platform" (of which there are very few to actually select from to suit your personal tastes) inserting their vision of what UIs should look like into interactions between me and the service I'm connecting to. I want my platform to be as invisible as possible and interchangeable with other platforms. The more things stay the same when switching between platforms, the better.

[AlexandrB]

I want the complete opposite. Most 3rd party developers absolutely suck at UX compared to Apple or even Microsoft. Look at this HP monstrosity, for example: https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/07LJBKFE51UG5cHJPEojwn9...

It's also a lot easier to learn the 2-4 dominant UX paradigms of the dominant platforms than the hundreds we have now with everyone doing their own thing. Doing remote tech support for elderly relatives is hell when you can't even rely on a menu bar being present/useful.

[zzo38computer]

Well, it is there if that is what you want. But, not everyone wants such a thing like that, and you should not expect everyone to want that, please.