As someone who develops for both platforms I agree. Android Framework is just not as good as UIKit and may never be. Jetpack Compose does seem to be an improvem

As someone who develops for both platforms I agree. Android Framework is just not as good as UIKit and may never be. Jetpack Compose does seem to be an improvement based on the dabbling I've done, but it's still a work in progress and there's no telling how long Google's interest in the project will persist. That said, as the sibling comment notes, swipe gestures and context menus aren't too bad to implement on Android. Like Gruber says, it's a cultural difference. For whatever reason it just doesn't strike the average Android dev that these features might be desirable.