Personally I am perplexed why Gruber's opinion of Android or the Android ecosystem has any relevance. He can wax poetic about new iOS features and iOS brilliance, singing to his choir, but he has no perspective or relevance to preach about Android. His overwhelming bias (and years or snark) has eliminated his ability to play the voice for any other platform.
No one should take that as anti-Gruber. It isn't. It's just that Gruber made his "iOS or nothing" bed over the past couple of years, leaving him looking a bit clownish when he tries to play peacemaker.
I'd actually wish for one or two other, even more open platforms such as Meego to get some traction.