@svenjacobs @billjings @saket yes it is, to me. Objectively though, it's a different way to light up the pixels on the screen in the pattern you want. Not better, not worse, just different.
Do you even know what a productivity boost it is to not give a crap about "new" technologies and just keeping on using same things you were using 10 years ago? With some iterative improvements maybe, like Java 17 instead of 6, but fundamentally the same things you've had ten whole years of experience with.
@grishka Yes it is different and yes there are many ways and solutions to create Android applications. But regarding "not better", I would seriously challenge that. I think Compose is a cornerstone in Android development just like the introduction of Kotlin was. Just look how much you can achieve with less code.
But I forget that you also don't like Kotlin, so I assume we will never be on the same page 😔