I don’t like conspiracy theories, but I always wondered if the flat design trend wasn’t a genius way to nullify the advantage of higher powered graphic platform

I don’t like conspiracy theories, but I always wondered if the flat design trend wasn’t a genius way to nullify the advantage of higher powered graphic platforms. “Our stuff looks lickable, buy our expensive hardware.” “Au contraire, design with colored paper and scissors is hipper than lickable UIs. Buy our less than stellar hardware.”