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New UIs are less contrasty because old UIs were designed for low-quality TN LCD screens. Modern LCDs and OLEDs have better black points, so the UI gets grayer to make up for it.

There's a lot of accessibility options like "increase contrast" and "differentiate without shapes" if you don't like it though.

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> There's a lot of accessibility options like "increase contrast" and "differentiate without shapes" if you don't like it though.

No. Just no. You make these things readable and accessible by default. You don't bury it in a setting somewhere.

I have 20/20 vision and I felt compelled to turn high contrast and button shapes on because the OS is so goddam unreadable.

Are you referring to macOS generally or Ventura specifically?

On calibrated monitors I haven't had an issue, but I could see it being a problem if the contrast is too high on a display. I've been using macOS since Snow Leopard but I have not tried Ventura yet.

If your general purpose OS requires a calibrated monitor for this to not be an issue, it means the OS design is a failure.

Sure, but what kind of display do you have?

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