Author here! I agree, I don’t like the “squeeze every drop” approach either, and I get to meet it daily from people asking for not-so-needed features from my ap

Author here! I agree, I don’t like the “squeeze every drop” approach either, and I get to meet it daily from people asking for not-so-needed features from my apps. For me it wasn’t about wanting to use every single pixel. I just really prefer the look of a single app filling the screen completely. I don’t know why, it just looks good to my eyes and I seek that instead of the large black top bar look.