> It's a leadership failure. They obviously have a UI/UX dept. Those people want to be considered productive.

They had a guy who had no UI/UX experience leading the UI/UX team. He left for Meta thank goodness [1].

[1]: “Alan Dye Leaves Apple for Meta, Replaced by Longtime Designer Stephen Lemay” — https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/12/03/alan-dye-leaves...

Stephen Lemay reportedly was a driving force behind Liquid Glass: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/15/ios-27-macos-27-no-majo...