To whomever downvoted the above post: Please clarify why you think it isn’t relevant to the discussion, or provide counterarguments. All the points I made can be easily sourced (if you wish, I can even post them in here), and are all verifiable.
It wasn’t meant aggressively, just as a question. It’s quite possible that the author of the comment I answered to had not used Android for a few years, or had never cared – or had just missed the announcements of the official apps not being supported anymore.
Oh, wait, there were no announcements, they were dropped silently.