for PEOPLE. Get it? P-E-O-P-L-E. As in, human beings. You see, the whole function of commerce is to meet people's needs. PEOPLE's needs. P-E-O-P-L-E. Now then, class: what is the purpose of commerce? Is it to make profits? Is it to crush the competition? Is it to gain market share? No, it's to ____ _______ _____.
Class dismissed.
At the risk of sounding racist, and heavily related to your reasoning, I think it comes down to interface design and this has a lot to do with culture.
Apple’s design team, particularly with regard to human interaction, is unparalleled. The Japanese, for some weird reason, love physical minimalism in design, but their interfaces are sold on the maxim of “more confusing, the better.”