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It definitely has influenced how people build applications, and has improved the common language people use to refer to many patterns.

[bsimpson]

> became associated with the worst of the worst

Material 2 may have felt corporate and boring, but I disagree with this accusation.

Before Material, indie apps on Android were big grey buttons and unpadded text on a black background. Not everything that tries to use Material does a good job, but the starting point is better now than it used to be.