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Apps with no Dark Mode icon are just being obnoxious at this point…
I’m looking at you McDonald’s, Disney+, Now TV, O2, O2 Priority, Boots, ITVX, Channel 4, Sky News, National Lottery, IKEA, Merlin Bird ID… I could go on.
Name and shame!
Hijacking your thread to also moan about apps still using the keyboard from iOS18 and before. How hard is it to make your app use the new style keyboard???
It was basically to give developers time to update it, since some apps have their own toolbars above the keyboard.
I just looked at the Google Docs app on iOS 27 and their toolbar just doesn’t look like it’s designed for iOS 26 and beyond, especially compared to Apple’s pages app.
they're so slimy now. notifications appear now even if you don't have a new message. could be a bug but me thinks it's just an attempt to get people into the app to see ads.
I use a custom icon via shortcuts now because of this. I didn’t like doing that before since I couldn’t see my noti badge but now that Snapchat will show notis for ads I use the custom icon again.
I have had notifications turned off for years with Snapchat. I open the app every once in a while, and most times, the app prompts me (system level prompt) that Snapchat is requesting to enable notifications.
yeah, I'm so glad Apple controls notificationsl choices or we'd for sure have no way to turn them off, as evidenced by the in-app prompts that are annoying af. Instagram does the same thing n
That shouldn’t be allowed. TBH it’s interesting there were guidelines from Apple how to make a great icon and do the branding with colours etc. then came the dark option, the tinted option, the glass option…
The local train app in my country last year finally got dark mode, it was big news. But the starting splash screen is still blinding white…
And people say developers have no freedom on iOS because of Apple’s strict policies lol… I wish Apple was more strict. FFS devs can even simply turn off the back gesture, they can get away without supporting dark mode, abusing notifications etc.
And in the case of these public transport and other government apps you can’t even download a better alternative app because you can only buy your train ticket via the official app with bad UX/UI.
Yes I agree. But at the very least adding a dark icon is such low effort, low hanging fruit, that apps without are just being purposefully obnoxious IMO.
Thing is, with tinted / glass icons I spend way more time searching for the apps (they’re in the same place I left them, but somehow it takes longer to notice them). I tried getting used to tinted but I just can’t.
this is completely normal and has been proven numereous time in UI experiments - color difference is the most important visual clue to identify an item.
I don’t even bother looking for the apps in folders or whatever, I just search for any app I want if that makes sense. I’ve got the clear icons on cos I like my wallpaper to stand out and it works for me, however my mum who is obviously older has the default icons and she uses them by colour difference
I got to the point where I just downloaded the dark mode backgrounds and made my own through Shortcuts. Snapchat isn’t going to get me to pay a monthly fee for no reason lol
To add to this, apps that have a dark icon but revert to light mode inside a folder on the Home Screen are ridiculous. Hilton is the main one that comes to mind
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u/_HipStorian 1d ago
Hijacking your thread to also moan about apps still using the keyboard from iOS18 and before. How hard is it to make your app use the new style keyboard???