The underlying "problem", then, is capitalism — and what you're highlighting as the "problem" is rather the benefit of it. Companies seek to differentiate them

The underlying "problem", then, is capitalism — and what you're highlighting as the "problem" is rather the benefit of it. Companies seek to differentiate themselves in the market by offering features that their competitors don't have; and companies that offer platforms seek to win mind-share for developing on their platform, by building out hardware features that their competitors don't have. That's where technological innovation comes from.