No garbage collection, doesn't compile to Javascript[0] and everything on Android is moving to Kotlin anyway.

Just to be clear, my reasons stated above is why I'm moving to Kotlin. I make no claim that other people should or would want the same things. I've realised that I like languages with explicit strict typing, and that allow for a greater level of expressiveness at the cost of a higher intrinsic complexity and the comprehension that requires.

[0] https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/js-overview.html