[openrisk]

> the restricted nature of the small screen

Android is not restricted to small screens. With modern responsive UI designs one can address any screen size with a little extra effort. Ofcourse current Android apps are typically designed for small screens / touch (small screens make little sense for complex mouse or keyboard oriented UI's such as Blender or DAW's or IDE's etc.).

Conceptually Android offers a convoluted way to package linux for mass-market devices (with the objective, among others, to lock-down various "dangerous" functionalities etc.). While purist hackers will cringe, if its a means for open source linux apps to reach much wider audiences thats a good thing. It depends on what other small print gets associated with it :p