[cwbrandsma]

I write iOS apps for a living. Most the people I know have moved away from ObjectiveC. When I see language boards, and jobs for iOS, I see Swift asked for over ObjectiveC. On Reddit, Swift has more subscribers than ObjectiveC, most of the tech articules I see these days are ObjectiveC, when I watch a video on WWDC I often see Swift first.

Swift may not be what you wanted, but it is a long way from being a dud. Swift didn't have to be great, it just had to be better than ObjectiveC.