An 18 year old's very brief thoughts on iOS 7

Daniel, your age is irrelevant.

Apple looked at the steps other companies took and followed suit: webOS-like multitasking, Android-like control panel widgets, Microsoft-like thin UI fonts and flat surfaces. This is not necessarily a bad thing -- for a while, other players were catching up with Apple's design. But now, Apple is catching up with their innovations (and graphic design memes).