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by arp242 973 days ago
Yes, I read that; in the screenshot it shows the icon and title of the page you're about to share. That seems useful. You may personally not find that useful, but clearly people do.
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> You may personally not find that useful, but clearly people do.

How is that clear? I understand that someone inside Apple decided this was a good idea, perhaps for aesthetic reasons, but that's not the same as being clearly useful to people.

I agree that GP is kind of misusing the word "useful", but I do think you're missing the point. People like using aesthetically-pleasing software; improving aesthetics adds "value" if perhaps not "usefulness".
Except the new Ventura-style share sheet is ugly as hell, and it's oddly detached from the contextual menu. I critiqued the UI of the new share sheet in a previous blog post, linked at the beginning of this one.

It seems to be yet another example of Apple bringing iOS UI to macOS.

I absolutely agree, modern macOS looks awful—but it's subjective! And certainly, having the favicon is better than the same UI without the favicon.
It shows you information about the site. That seems useful.