[anileated]

The point of a pointer is that it should stand off against the things it points at.

A usual GUI for the most part has straight edges and certain symmetries. A cursor that is similarly symmetric will blend in more easily, and get visually lost.

Which way it tilts is secondary, the irregularity of the tilt itself against the rest of the interface is key.

[swozey]

I don't know if it's me getting old or new HDR/5120 res/monitors with crazy white/black levels but I had to recently change my cursor color from white to green because I started losing it on all white screens.

[anileated]

macOS has this “shake to enlarge cursor” setting, can be useful occasionally, though I never know what with what intensity do I shake.