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I can't tell for iOS, but for macOS the UI has only gone downhill since Ive's departure. Broken navigation gestures and shortcuts, UI inconsistencies, indistinguishable toolbar icons, wasted space everywhere... Since Big Sur I feel like I'm using a bad Linux clone of macOS.

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They desperately need someone running the show who is obsessive about consistency, will QA the UI obsessively, and will terrorize the UI designers into compliance. Jobs’ biggest role was to demand conformance to his design tastes.

I felt because current Apple is all about optimising. From Hardware Cost, Market Fit, and even Software. Making Software that looks and feels the same across iPad, iPhone and macOS may save some engineering cost or design cost. But to me, that is still a very toaster fridge design.

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