Yeah, it's bullshit. I think once a company gets "big" and corporate enough, focus somehow dissipates away from actual usability into...something else. See also: all recent changes to Slack.
Maybe this is just because the best people are drawn to work on new products?
Another insane example of this is scrolling in the iOS AppStore app. If your finger happens to start a scroll on a button, the scroll is just completely ignored.
Apple used to write entire carefully-considered tech reports about how to handle this case (until the finger starts to move or some time has passed w/o moving, you're in a limbo state where a button tap or scroll can't be distinguished), but now they don't even try to get it right.
Maybe this is just because the best people are drawn to work on new products?
Another insane example of this is scrolling in the iOS AppStore app. If your finger happens to start a scroll on a button, the scroll is just completely ignored.
Apple used to write entire carefully-considered tech reports about how to handle this case (until the finger starts to move or some time has passed w/o moving, you're in a limbo state where a button tap or scroll can't be distinguished), but now they don't even try to get it right.