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This is more a question on fixing in-browser cloud storage services.

Mounting the cloud storage locally is probably the best solution to this. I don't access my files in Nextcloud through my instance's website, I do it through the app that lets me treat it as another directory on my computer. OneDrive and iCloud already do this by default on Windows and Mac, respectively.

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Do the in-browser storage services help this? Usually you need extra apps and some don't even have them. It would be nice if they didn't continue fragmenting. I suspect a large number of users don't know that it could even be mounted to their FS.

At least for OneDrive on Windows and iCloud on Mac, they're integrated with the OS and installed by default. There's no need for extra apps. It's not so good for Google Drive, Dropbox, Nextcloud, or other cloud storage services (or for that matter, OneDrive on Mac and iCloud on Windows) where you do need to grab and install an app.

I don't see "fragmentation" (as you put it) going away, because each service has its own way of authenticating users and accessing the services, and each OS has its own API for mounting or synchronizing files.

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