You make it sound like there was an alternative, which at least at design-time, there wasn't.
On top of that, other vendors have pretty much the same problems. Take Intel's stuff for example. It doesn't work without a BSP and you can't even boot a system and have it on for over 30 minutes without a running Management Engine.
Qualcomm, AllWinner, Marvell, Ti, they all make ARM SoC's and they all need their own BSP's to work. Broadcom is not unique in this.
On top of that, other vendors have pretty much the same problems. Take Intel's stuff for example. It doesn't work without a BSP and you can't even boot a system and have it on for over 30 minutes without a running Management Engine.
Qualcomm, AllWinner, Marvell, Ti, they all make ARM SoC's and they all need their own BSP's to work. Broadcom is not unique in this.