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What are the modern design trends you hate most? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by phantomwise@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What are the modern design trends you hate most? Feel free to rant! Mine are:

Physical buttons are out of fashion, now EVERYTHING must have a touch screen instead! Especially if it makes the appliance more inconvenient to use. Like having to press a flimsy touch screen ten times to scroll through a washing machine's programs instead of just turning a physical knob and pressing a physical start button.
Every website looks like it's made for a phone and was vomited by the same app in slightly different flavors of vomit. And then having the nerve to tell you to download the mobile app 😑
Why does everything need to be an app by the way? Especially when the only advantage the app gives you over the website is that you're not constantly spammed with messages telling you to use the app... Are you making your website shittier on purpose so I feel like I have to use the app?... I don't WANT your app, you can shove it where the sun doesn't shine.
Actually EVERYTHING looks like it's made for a phone... Like what's the deal with all those hamburger menus on DESKTOP software? Please just put a regular menu and same me some pointless clicking, it's not like you're lacking screen space. I especially hate that those menus can't be opened from the keyboard like regular menus. You know, "keyboards"? Those things that people on DESKTOPS use?
All phones look the same. All laptops look the same. It's boring as hell.
Laptops must be as thin and flimsy as possible. Bonus points if you can't even fit an ethernet port.
I'm so sick of rounded corners everywhere... 😭

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago

you're not complaining about "design trends", you're complaining about capitalism.

everything is touchscreen because it's cheaper than mechanical buttons.

all products looks the same because 1. it's cheaper 2. mass appeal is more profitable than niche, and 3. it's risk free

everything's an app because they can collect data, push notifications, and force you into closed ecosystems.

laptops are thin because they probably sell more as a lot of people prioritize lightweight and less bulky laptops to carry them around easier. phones are going the other way but when you're talking laptops it's kilograms rather than grams so the difference is more important.

finally rounded corners are probably a design trend, although i am generally in favor of them.