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It feels like the rule-bending used to be more obvious (to the naked eye), like strapping a massive fan to the back of the car. Now it's extending some bodywork by a few millimetres, etc. It's still impressive, but there's less for the layman to see.

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Or even the more boring stuff like "F1 team Racing Point's brake ducts look suspiciously similar to the brake ducts of the previous year Mercedes, which won the constructor cup..." because Mercedes was kind of the parent team to Racing Point and "shared" the design. I also remember Ferrari trying a new way to attach mirrors, which was deemed illegal, but it shows how tiny the gains they chase are.

What is the rule violation with the brakes? Is it not allowed to reuse designs from elsewhere?

Some components of the car can be shared, others have to be shared, but break ducts IIRC are in the third category where you have to design them yourself.

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