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by userbinator 3 days ago
It's all because of "UX designers" who have to justify their continued existence by constantly finding new things to change (break). If computers several decades ago had more than enough power to render button-looking buttons, there's no other excuse for the sad state of UI today.
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If there is a real rejoinder to this, I have yet to encounter it.

This depressing observation is regularly voiced (or thought) every time UX aesthetics come up... and I've yet to see so much as a sniffy defense.

My assumption this is because it's simply true; the only reason for churn is "fashion" requiring orbiting around a small space of viable options, strange-attractor style, and the vested interest an industry has in fueling the very modest pleasure that comes from tiny or bold steps from what is familiar to what is "fresh."