Lots of absurd straw men in your list. . . and assumptions that are not true. Are you planning on shooting them down, or are they just rhetorical?
Rhetorical? You obviously don’t know your tech history. Put your money where your words are and ride Apple down the hole they dug themselves.
What a bunch o idjuts on this thread. This is a tool that will be very quickly accessible FOR WHAT YOU WANT, FAST. As a woman this will be a boon to me. It takes me unlocking my little iphone purse I carry crossbody. If my hands are busy I can’t access my phone. It’s to help the phone help me.
Sheesh, people just don’t get it. This is not a useless origami napkin folder. This is to see in 1/8 of a sec who is calling, texting, the time, what meeting I’m needing reminders of. And please remember that you only have to see what you want to see.