TLDR Tech / Design
The Glass is Half Empty: How Apple's Boldest Redesign Missed the Point
Apple's Liquid Glass redesign, unveiled at WWDC 2025, prioritizes stunning visual aesthetics — iridescent, refractive surfaces — but lacks the purposeful rationale behind past shifts like skeuomorphism or iOS 7's flat design. By imposing a uniform material across all UI elements, it risks drowning out individual brand identities, as seen with Crumbl's signature pink dissolving into the glass. Major apps like Netflix, Airbnb, and Uber have quietly declined to adopt it, a collective silence the author frames as an industry verdict: beautiful craftsmanship, uncertain vision.
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