>> This is just a pessimist's fantasy. The average consumer doesn't care even one bit. Is the phone smooth? Does it have a good camera? Does it have a good battery? Does it last more than 2 years?

The Windows phone did all three way better than Android and was still a massive failure in the US and abroad.

I was never able to daily drive it but the people I knew that did would have disagreed. Regardless of reality perception also matters, unfortunately.