It is disconcerting because it is a reminder of the war on general purpose computing and devices where the user of the device does not have control of what software is running on the device.
Are you saying that the "rooted/non-rooted" distinction should never have appeared, and that all devices should be "rooted" (for a lack of better word) by default, giving control to the owner/user? If that's what you're saying, I would certainly agree.