(a) watching movies letterboxed has yet to cause burn in on my OLED and (b) you could make the backdrop a frosted glass version of the same photo... Not to say

(a) watching movies letterboxed has yet to cause burn in on my OLED and (b) you could make the backdrop a frosted glass version of the same photo... Not to say that every point is spot-on, but it’s true that Google in general makes their software and UIs complicated enough that outside of perhaps search or betas, they don’t update or change them all that frequently, maybe every two years at best. Apple or Microsoft could by now show them a thing or two on how to iterate user interfaces annually to evolve UI instead of making drastic changes folks might not like or sticking with the status quo forever with rollouts via obscure settings panels.