There are many people claiming that user's are not interested in this kind of stuff. I beg to differ. I find it fascinating how many apps on the Play Store require root permission and even more how many of them are in the Top 10 of their corresponding category.[0][1][2] With about 3.5M installations of Cyanogenmod[3] it still may only be a tiny fraction of the Android ecosystem and the mobile space in general, but it's certainly a large enough absolute number to care about.

[0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdut...

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedsoftw...

[2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noshufou.a...

[3] http://stats.cyanogenmod.com/