That seems like a really strange way of putting it. What does your willingness have to do with it? I, the article author, am right here. Thus, you can just ask me what I meant. To insist on putting words in my mouth that I don't believe would be absurd, especially when it's directly to my face.
> the argument being that a change made on iOS later coming to macOS supports the idea that the platforms are merging
This incorrectly assumes that an argument was being made. I already said: "I think you misunderstood the purpose of the post, which was simply to highlight the latest abomination, not to make a larger argument."
In fact, the second paragraph of the blog post, immediately after the embedded video, already takes for granted that Apple is merging iOS and macOS: "this denial [No.] did not age well."
> If you want people who see your posts from the HN frontpage...
Well, I didn't submit my post to HN. I'm not sure I wanted it to be on the front page.
> to go do independent research about the history of your ideas on the topic before responding
I already addressed this earlier in the thread: "I don't expect you to know my full history. However, I expect comments to follow the HN guidelines".
> Really, you're lucky when people are replying to the actual content of your post rather than just the title and other people's comments.
I replied to you. What other people write in their comments is a separate matter. You're responsible for the content of your own comments about my article.
> Just looking at your comparison screenshots in your post, my focus is drawn to the control-icons much better in the Tahoe one.
It's important to note, however, that the controls themselves are brighter on Tahoe, independent of the background. Try cutting and pasting the controls from the Tahoe screenshot onto the Sequoia screenshot. You don't have to darken the video in order to achieve brighter controls.
The other issue, I would say the main issue, is that the controls remain on top of the video for several seconds after you're done manipulating them. So you keep having a darkened video for several seconds every time you adjust something, which is a degraded viewing experience. This happens even with play/pause.