As a hardcore Linux user, I'm really torn about Android.
On the one hand, it has created a nice software ecosystem by pushing a consistent set of APIs. Linux desktop applications were never remarkable except for a few ones. I think fragmentation into a myriad of frameworks led to this. The only 2 X11 applications I use are firefox and zathura.
On the other hand, too much stuff has been redone in Android. It's too foreign. I would prefer less app-ification, less stores, more package management. And no mothership, no Google.
On the one hand, it has created a nice software ecosystem by pushing a consistent set of APIs. Linux desktop applications were never remarkable except for a few ones. I think fragmentation into a myriad of frameworks led to this. The only 2 X11 applications I use are firefox and zathura.
On the other hand, too much stuff has been redone in Android. It's too foreign. I would prefer less app-ification, less stores, more package management. And no mothership, no Google.