> Smartphone UIs are a devastating blow to humankind.

This, right here, is EXACTLY why the general public has a big “eeeeeeeeh nah” reaction to anything Linux and actually prefer mobile UIs. Your elitist “ehrmahgehrd GUIs are for dumbstersss learn to use a terminal you newb” just shows you are completely out of touch with reality, and worse than that, you seem to wear that as some sort of badge of honour “I’m such a greybeard, a true wizard of computing”.

Get over yourself, man.