I think honestly them pulling out the Android code from the kernel was... smart. They're so behind in so many forks that I stopped watching. It's beneficial, I just hope they hurry up and get back to mainline or else I fear the naysayers will have a field day with the "evil" chants.
It's funny how "evil" has been placed on IBM, to Microsoft to Google and Apple now in my lifetime. I wonder who's next? My bet is on Oracle.