The key is that it decouples the services, we won't have to wait for service x to implement the api of service y. Instead you just say implement this intent and

The key is that it decouples the services, we won't have to wait for service x to implement the api of service y. Instead you just say implement this intent and then boom you can use any service that supports that intent. This is huge for web apps, and is a huge blow for local file system fans.