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The main reason is flexibility.

One day your boss stands next to you and asks: "can you move this border three pixels to the left", and the only correct answer is "but that requires a complete rewrite".

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One can also ask why that is needed and how it will make product better. Is that the highest priority to move a border three pixels to the left?

Well, people caught in the Apple universe seem to be capable of going pretty berserk about a few pixels left or right.

I don't think anyone was ever able to talk reason into them.

Just do what you're paid to do codemonkey and stop arguing

That's no way to talk to people, even in the AI age.

I am reminded of https://xkcd.com/1425/

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