What is your opinion on material you?

I like it a lot. It makes the device feel really cohesive between apps. And changing the color every now and then feels like a breath of fresh air. Also, the pastel colors help to get rid of blue/grey tones which is easier for the eyes.

I love it. Also makes it easier for app devs, like myself, to build an app that blends in with the device you're using it on.

i hated material ew as soon as it was announced. so much padding everywhere, and so little contrast - to paraphrase the incredibles: if everything's orange^[other colours are available, i just like orange], nothing is. your eyes will adjust to it. i want actionable items to stand out, not be a slightly lighter shade of the same colour. it also looks rather like a fischer-price my first phone interface
i must say, if an app (for example, jerboa) uses material 3, i usually try to look for an alternative
some examples:
with material design, it's clear what's a header, what's a footer,^[look at the lack of contrast on that "new post" button] and what each button's state is.
with all the padding, there's also less space; leading to less functionality
with material ew, it's much harder to tell at a glance what each app is, one has to scrutinise the icon rather than just tell at a glance by colour
i also really dislike monet; the way it pulls this horrible washed out sickly pastel colour from a wallpaper and washes it over the entire app. if i just pulled one accent colour, and applied that to, say, the header and main action button, i'd like it a lot more
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- much harder to tell at a glance what each app is
  Is that a Google launcher issue? I'm using Nova Launcher and my apps are still all different colors, the app icons don't use the material you color.
  
  it's a google launcher "feature".
  it's only available on a13, i think, and not all launchers support it. but it is part of the m3 design language, so i included it as an example
  see here for more info, or here

strong dislike
everything is bloated and round, the quick settings tiles are too large, like it was intended to be used by a grandma
the colour scheme outside pixel is too unsaturated, oneui and aosp roms are not as colorful as pixel ui because google copyrighted it ig

I like it.
- Can you give me some reasons please? I want to know it :).
  
  I always liked the material design interface. How smooth are the corners etc.
  And now with material UI the apps integrate better with the theme's primary colours. So that it's also cool.
  As long as it is optional of course.

I love consistency between the apps that I use, so yes, I love it.
- The consistency between apps is nice, but I just absolutely hate the design. There's not enough dark options; I want an AMOLED black theme.

- How does it diminish functionality for you?
  To me it seems like it only updates the accent pieces of the UI

I really like the idea. However, I think maybe 1 or 2 apps on my phone support the color theming.
- That's my biggest gripe. Since not all apps use it, the overall theme is inconsistent.

As somebody that prefers low contrast, it's great

I strongly dislike it. Having themed colors seems immature and less functional. Having it tied to a wallpaper makes even less sense. I set my system color to grey and use an icon pack for my third party launcher. Padding and other regressions are harder to fix.
4.4 was peak android.
- I don't mind it as much, but the wallpaper thing is poorly executed. I have a color photo as my lock screen and a plainish lightly textured background on my home screen. But material you picks colors from the lock screen photo, which I don't see 99.9% of the time!

i hate it

I think it's ok. The problem is my wallpaper is a cat so everything material you is like light coffee colored which I don't really like. But I'm too lazy to find a better color that doesn't look worse.

I don't like the background tint, but after removing it with Repainter I love the consistency on all my apps

Mostly ambivalent to it.
However, the quick settings is a big downgrade from before. Less buttons, more space. And don't even get me started on the horrible design of the internet toggle.

I'm made of meat.
- Lol

Im sure someone likevits it, but I hate it.

Google went out of their way for an unwanted feature that makes devs lives harder.

I like the color theming that pulls from my current wallpaper, I think it's neat for the lockscreen clock and the settings tiles colors.
Don't use the Material You app icons, so I don't really have any opinions on that.