There's a, not insurmountable, learning curve for both Sailfish and Ubuntu Touch.
Quirky isn't necessarily better if you're trying to woo users who just want a familiar experience without learning new paradigms.
The lack of a back button in Firefox OS annoyed me! Instead of pressing a section at the bottom right of the screen with one's thumb, one had to 'click' on a web toolbar button all the way near the top left of the screen.
It's not that "gestures aren’t that difficult to get used to", it is more do they offer anything more than the tried and true?
I got a LineageOS/OnePlus 3T a couple months while having a Jolla before and I still miss the possibility to go from a full-screen app to a closed app. It appears the only option is to go the the drawer/recent app things and then swipe right there whereas before I could simply swipe from the top and immediately close it.
Quirky isn't necessarily better if you're trying to woo users who just want a familiar experience without learning new paradigms.
The lack of a back button in Firefox OS annoyed me! Instead of pressing a section at the bottom right of the screen with one's thumb, one had to 'click' on a web toolbar button all the way near the top left of the screen.
It's not that "gestures aren’t that difficult to get used to", it is more do they offer anything more than the tried and true?