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It got a lot of press when it first showed up and it was a strong default suggestion for new users for well over a decade.
I used it for several years and I initially jumped ship to Xubuntu, so it was clearly good enough for me to want to use something similar at first. The distro-specific changes (snaps, etc.) are more likely to alienate experienced users, whereas new users are less likely to object to things like snaps.
I don’t use anything Ubuntu-based these days, but it has everything to do with my specific needs/preferences. Nothing directly to do with the decisions that get bad press among long-term users.
Agreed. My old pebble lasts for over a week, not that I use it for much more than an alarm clock/metronome nowadays.
It does those jobs extremely well, though.