brie ( @brie@beehaw.org ) 8•1 year agoI find it funny how “[bringing] the Android brand to the 2020s” means bringing back gradients. What’s old is new again.
Google, 2026:
We’re trying this new thing called “skeuomorphism”. You’re gonna love it!
lightrush ( @lightrush@lemmy.ca ) 1•1 year agoLooks a bit like it’s a page targeted at iPhone users. I hope it doesn’t spread. 😆
The Cuuuuube ( @Cube6392@beehaw.org ) 4•1 year agoWorth noting: brands rebrand when they want to distance themselves from their old associations. I feel like Google is constantly rebranding to keep us from noting how grody they can be. That said, I use an android phone because I have a teracube and what the fuck else am I going to do for $300?
StudioLE ( @StudioLE@programming.dev ) 2•1 year agoI can never comprehend how the people authoring these articles fail to include a comparison image of what it looked like before.
noodlejetski ( @noodlejetski@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year agoAndroid Police used to actually be good with stuff like that, but they’ve been going downhill for a while now, and the purchase didn’t help with that either.
lckdscl [they/them] ( @lckdscl@whiskers.bim.boats ) 1•1 year agoSeems like they went full circle. I like it.
noodlejetski ( @noodlejetski@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year agoliterally unusable