[nchlswu]

> Secondly, your UI shouldn’t mimick the native style of the platform.

hmm..?

> After all, it’s another case of copying the looks and the two reasons mentioned earlier apply here too. It still is time-consuming and distracts you from thinking about your user’s actions.

From a development perspective this may be true, but from a usability/UX perspective, this definitely isn't. It's not just about copying.

[sp332]

It's one thing if you think about your users' needs and decide that copying native style is helpful. It's different if you just mimic the native style without thinking about whether it's what your users need.