[airplane]

Is there a general consensus to why Embedded Java and other Java techs like Java Card never took off?

[q3k]

JavaCard _did_ take off. More likely than not the SIM card in your phone runs it, and so does your EMV/NFC bank card (if you have one).

[Sophistifunk]

There's a tiny computer inside your iPhone running Java. It really is everywhere.

[radiorental]

A great example of the difference between mindshare and marketshare