Great write-up, concise enough but not too dry.

I generally agree with dropdowns being overused, but this seems too much to me:

> Picking a date from dropdowns is the worst. If I ever do this, then I’ve really failed as a UX designer.

Really? On a laptop, native dropdowns use keyboard input as search, so using tab (granted, not everyone knows this) I can generally enter my age almost as if I was writing it.

On mobile, scrolling through the iOS dropdown control is fine, more comfortable than typing. Scrolling 30 options back to enter my age is the worst part, and getting worse every year, but it isn't that bad.