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[2021] I was sure to have read it some time ago, it is still valid however.

• jaclaz 3y ago
  ... and here is the previous thread on HN (623 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28109842 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28109842
  • karmakaze 3y ago
    The best response I saw there was that it's simply become fashion. Apps change for the sake of changing. The same is true for cars so that people can tell that the older model is older and the newer one is different. It's also in Apple's designs, square edges -> rounded -> sharp edges, thin wedge, slab, etc.
• labcomputer 3y ago
  Yup. But, amazingly, The Economist has since released a new version of their app, which is somehow even worse than the regression he describes. It was the first thing I thought of when I read the title.