Comment by sangnoir

> ...in the early days it was just a hodgepodge mess of ideas, even if it dominated the market.

and it was glorious; the intent-system and Notifications drawers were Androids calling card. Intents were a blessing and a curse: being able to replace apps was great, but the variety in design language, not so much.

Being able to reach into apps' storage was insecure, but freeing one's data from SQLite files was fantastic.