Dude, it's convenience. If it worked somewhere, why limiting ourselves to just one product having the same feature? If it does the same thing, but better, I say why not?
Business is business, like it or not. Look at the music industry for example. Remember when young pop singers were popular? Hmmm yeah... I hope you still get my point! xD
Random game thought :
Why is Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 getting so much hate? We finally get a real game and they're not even satisfied... I'm starting to hate the gaming community so f****** much...