Honestly, a "no bells and whistles" OS release is welcome.<p>The less the OS APIs change, the easier it is to build for the OS. As a small developer, constant API thrash is a nightmare. For example, the Android storage permissions API whiplash between 9, 10 and 11 was particularly painful.<p>Win32, for all its flaws, is brilliant in that regard.<p>The most disruptive change in 14 is probably the "full screen notifications" permission, which makes me a bit sad.<p>Now, only alarm clocks and VOIP apps are allowed to use full screen notifications. The motivation is good (prevent abuse), however this approach of "only these approved, pre-existing use cases are allowed" is an innovation stifler. This was functionality that made Android a lot more powerful than iOS.<p>There are plenty of valid use cases for a rich full screen, interactive notification-e.g. something that is extremely time sensitive.<p>The policy should be "don't abuse full screen notifs", not "only alarm clocks and voip". The latter ensures that there will be no further innovation in this area, and we'll never know if the limitations were overly strict or not.