You hit the nail on the head. Lots of tech-oriented people seem to have this compulsion to tinker with everything which is why they can’t understand why someone would prefer an iPhone.

I simply do not care about being able to root my phone, side-load random crap, or use third party browsers. I barely even change the wallpaper. That stuff is what my real computer (running FreeBSD) is for.

What I care about on my phone is having a huge, pretty screen, good performance (i.e., no frame drops and jank when interacting with the UI), reliability, and security.