What is broken is really much matter of taste in this context. I hided quote button really early when I started my forum. Around 95% of my active users use mobiles, and I do my job on iPad — and no issues what so ever.
But I agree this should be an option. So we are missing tools to easily choose what to show and in which order. Wordpress-style I would say.
I would hide toolbar almost totally and move to facebook-style. That is (or was, haven’t check the situation nowadays) possible in mobiles, though.