• thantik@lemmy.world
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    “The angled corners of the Pixel 7, along with the extended bezel around the entire screen, now seemed dated compared to Google’s 2023 stylings.”

    Fucking designers. This year we have round corners, SO ELEGANT! Wait, now we have SQUARE corners! Round is so drab now! Wait, round is elegant again!!

    …Give me back my Nexus 5…

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      I mean, in fairness, this is a reviewer. I think the obsession with everything being different than it used to be is mostly a consumer, marketing and reviewer thing. Designers certainly have a role to play in the problem too, though.

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        Nah, we designers only do stuff that help boost sales. If people want changes, we will do them, even if the make not much sense because they’ll sell more stuff. Kind of sad but this is it.

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          designers arent paid for their ideas theyre paid to design what the (sometimes idiots) want you to make. clients always right (unless theyre really wrong) n all that

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        designers design based on the context and if the reviewers and people create a context of X style then the designer is going to use X style. blame the designer if you want but throw out everything a designer was required for, too. aka every single thing in your eyeline. its was all designed by a designer.

        “but i made this object” congrats ur a designer.

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      Damn do I hate zero bezel phones. I liked to be able to: 1. Hold my phone. 2. See the screen while I’m holding the phone.

      Wild expectations huh? Yet, some phone manufacturer seem determined to make unholdable delicate slabs. Bring back the bezel.