

It’s not sad in terms of numbers. It’s sad in terms of the implementation. It’s pretty much only the kernel… Yes I know all the utilities and applications is really GNU and not Linux, but that’s what people think of when they say they run Linux.
So yes all android phones technically run Linux, but you’re not getting a Unix flavoured experience at all. It might as well not have been linux.
Hence the sadness.
Exactly. There are more important holy wars and bigger hills to die on.