> But it’s not just that, it’s that these ‘Icon Appearances’ also remove colour, depth, and personality from third-party app icons too. This further dictates (a

> But it’s not just that, it’s that these ‘Icon Appearances’ also remove colour, depth, and personality from third-party app icons too. This further dictates (and interferes with) what kind of design a third-party developer may choose for their apps. All this after recommending employing “a minimal number of shapes” and “prefer[ring] a simple background”. This is something Apple has been consistently great at. I do not want a 3rd Party App to look and feel massively different from a first party app. In fact I'd like all apps to look and feel very uniform. Whenever some third rate designer thinks their design is somehow better than the entire rest of the systems design you get ugly mismatches and clashing styles. Even if the 3rd Party Design IS superior, it won't look any good being completely out of place.