I thought the point was that “the issues you are complaining about are just software, and software can be changed/updated”.

If Apple doesn’t make sufficient changes and upgrades, nobody else can - and the device is back to being an appliance that has the functionality that it has right now and nothing further, and it’s not “just a software upgrade away”.

There’s still no way to get the time display off of the face of my Apple Watch. You can customize everything except turning off the clock.