There is so much hate against these simple icons. But let's back up a second. Do you remember in 2008 when more and more startups were coming up and they didn'

There is so much hate against these simple icons. But let's back up a second. Do you remember in 2008 when more and more startups were coming up and they didn't have the budget for really nice detailed icons? Those startups were so cool and simple. They made simple products. And users loved them. They established a trend: make your product dumber and simpler. Make it more accessible to these new little twerks from elementary grammar school who don't understand too much. Right now products are pretending to become simpler with a UI face. But tomorrow you will see them actually become simpler in functionality as well (like Markdown). Google workspace is riding this wave. They make their products for high schoolers. And now those same college going kids struggle with complex MS Office products.