They had enough fun getting app developers to support the back button properly, let alone the context menu! In truth Android has suffered from the fact everyon

They had enough fun getting app developers to support the back button properly, let alone the context menu! In truth Android has suffered from the fact everyone starts on iOS first and then ports to Android, screen by screen in many cases, meaning accommodation of Android specific UI flows simply doesn't happen. The removal of physical buttons was largely motivated by OEMs wanting to eliminate moving parts which make things far more expensive to build/test than simply one slightly bigger capacitive touchscreen.