I discovered Gemini in 2023 and really enjoy it. I like the minimalism. I like that page presentation is up to the user. I’ve even come to appreciate the line-based nature of its markup, because theoretically at least, it means a screen reader user knows that elements are always arranged top to bottom.
I say “theoretically” since I have yet to run into an accessible Gemini browser for Windows, which is unfortunate since Gemini’s whole deal is text first.
And to head off the inevitable comment about Linux, in order to have an accessible app you need an accessible OS for it to sit on top of.
About Gemini:
The good: good idea, gemtext is line-oriented and simpler to parse.
The bad: coming from that weird guy (IMHO, it’s not good for marketing), cannot reuse connections like HTTP, no bold or italics in the text, specifications are weird, feels half-baked like an alpha version.