No one else said it… I like Java, and more than the language all the tools available around it. They have been adding to the language to cut down on the traditional verboseness, and it can even natively compile now** some of the time.
The tools are also great, with Springboot for web services and jOOQ for databases, you can very quickly have a web app with strong typed database objects.
Years ago I bought the app for android, iPhone, and web because for work I needed it on different devices. When they changed the pricing model I got a email saying because of my support and having paid them that many times, I was given lifetime premium for free. They were owned by a different company back then, but I really appreciated the move and have it to this day.
I had a Cingular 8125 before switching to an iPhone 3G. That phone was THICK, had WiFi B, and ram windows mobile. But I loved the slide out keyboard.
https://m-cdn.phonearena.com/images/articles/3455-image/Cingular8100-8125-3.webp
Micro SD cards, 1TB that tiny, for $50