And I think part of my poor attitude about this, was how I saw this all closing in from the '80s on.
I feel like ALL the major OS offer limited variation/choice.
I can rotate through just about any of them, and they are all so...alike.
This I agree with, all mainstream systems just oogle each other for inspiration and they all aim for "most users", and hence become very alike and very boring.
However, there are lots alternative options, all you have to do is just to use them.