It's disingenuous to talk about 100 different software systems powering things. Maybe there are 100, but 97 of them don't matter. Lots of desktop OS's too, but

It's disingenuous to talk about 100 different software systems powering things. Maybe there are 100, but 97 of them don't matter. Lots of desktop OS's too, but pretty sure most people are only targeting windows, mac, and linux. Nothing else comes close to 1% of the market. The problem isn't that I can't make an app for all the Android devices. The problem is that I can't make it as good as I'd want for all intents and purposes. Developing for iPhone, I can easily hit 95-99% of the market without making any sacrifices at all. It will look good and it will work on every phone, all while allowing me to use the latest features and API's. With Android, the app WILL NOT look as good as the iPhone version on some of the phones. 34% of the market is using something released over 2 years ago, and several major version ago. I actually like Android, and developing for it isn't the worst thing in the world. But to say it isn't fragmented and doesn't create headaches for developers is absurd. It absolutely adds to fragmentation, and parts of it are a real pain.