Did you reply to the message you intended to? Your reply isn't relevant.
Microsoft is having their lunch eaten by Apple. There is nothing that OEMs could do to help Microsoft stem that. Android, WebOS and others having nothing to do with that basic reality.
Actually his reply does make sense, because the Surface is Microsoft telling the OEMs that a). bloatware is just that - bloat, and b). that OEMs create product ranges with herds of models per range.
Phone manufacturers like HTC/Sony/et al are doing the same with Android.
In other words, that's why one might argue that OEMs are to blame.
Microsoft is having their lunch eaten by Apple. There is nothing that OEMs could do to help Microsoft stem that. Android, WebOS and others having nothing to do with that basic reality.