My statement wasn’t merely about UI. It’s about a lack of respect for conventions. It’s about many things that are inherently wrong with Flutter’s pretend-to-be

My statement wasn’t merely about UI. It’s about a lack of respect for conventions. It’s about many things that are inherently wrong with Flutter’s pretend-to-be-native approach, which happens to include UI boondoggles. Flutter would have been better off with an entirely separate UI convention and stop trying to pretend to be like native apps. I’d still hate it because it really adds nothing to the story that wasn’t in Java+Swing two decades ago, but at least they could start paying attention to how poorly Flutter apps work in their intended contexts instead of trying to keep up with the Joneses.