My opinion on why KitKat is a major downgrade to the Android OS
The real problem with KitKat's approach to external SD Cards is
that it turns your mini-computer/smart phone into a plain old smart
phone. Apps can no longer interact with each other and their data to
yield a universal computing environment (except when interacting through
the all too limited space of the internal storage, or unless they are
Google or the phone manufacturer apps). This issue cannot be fixed by
any amount of app developer modifications to their apps to fit in with
the new SD Card policy. This is a major downgrade to Android;
there's still a computer inside there, but Google decided that neither
you the phone owner, nor app developers deserve access to it. Now, if
you're happy with a plain old smart phone, you're ok. If, however, you
wanted a real computing environment in your pocket, you are totally
irretrievably scr*wed. Bad move Google.
Samuel L. Braunstein