A change made to a single OS, which was designed around a fundamentally different way of interaction than any other OS they have, that hasn’t been used anywhere else, is not a trend. If they start moving this to other operating systems, then it becomes a trend and I’d agree with you. It is currently a one-off on a niche device, which has UI requirements that differ from the requirements of the past 4 decades, as explained in the HIG.
You’re attacking opinions based on your own opinions and assumptions about the future and how all other companies might react, but that hasn’t happened yet and everyone doesn’t follow Apple blindly.
Apple still doesn’t have touch screens on laptops, a human interface decision based on how a person will interact with the device, and the industry at large has decided to go their own way on this and not follow Apple’s lead.
Apple has been making a mouse with a touch surface and a trackpad for desktops for many years, this is a decision based on how a human will interact with the system, that the industry has also not followed.
There are also UI elements in iOS, especial early iOS [1], that were changed to better work on a small touch screen that were never brought to macOS, or adopted by the whole industry. They have been used less and less as screens have gotten larger and better able to use more standard conventions. The select dropdown is alive and well, despite Apple changing its implementation in 2007, for similar reasons to the stated reason for changing the checkbox implementation on VisionOS.
You’re attacking opinions based on your own opinions and assumptions about the future and how all other companies might react, but that hasn’t happened yet and everyone doesn’t follow Apple blindly.
Apple still doesn’t have touch screens on laptops, a human interface decision based on how a person will interact with the device, and the industry at large has decided to go their own way on this and not follow Apple’s lead.
Apple has been making a mouse with a touch surface and a trackpad for desktops for many years, this is a decision based on how a human will interact with the system, that the industry has also not followed.
There are also UI elements in iOS, especial early iOS [1], that were changed to better work on a small touch screen that were never brought to macOS, or adopted by the whole industry. They have been used less and less as screens have gotten larger and better able to use more standard conventions. The select dropdown is alive and well, despite Apple changing its implementation in 2007, for similar reasons to the stated reason for changing the checkbox implementation on VisionOS.
[1] https://i.stack.imgur.com/Fi0ex.jpg