> Android 4.0+

Not sure if you know this but most apps are games. So that's a bit funny to say "this isn't an issue unless your making a game".

And I'm also not sure what you work on, but testing on an Android is a nightmare. Most of the issues on apps for Android are (My XYZ phone the app doesn't work). Just go through and read them, that's mostly what the issue is.

> Google has and can have no control over how Android is implemented or updated by various OEMs

Yes it does, it's Google's OS it has complete control over what people do with it.