With Google in particular, I feel like you can tell when a new lead takes over a product. I imagine leading a product is a career move at Google, people move on and new folks take over, diluting the original vision of simplicity, functionality and magic of early Google products.
In Google Maps on Android, the status bar is now transparent, and important information like clock, battery status, connection quality and incoming messages are now drawn on top of the map. I'm sure that looks great in a presentation but now those little icons have little, and varying contrast and are hard to decipher.
In Youtube in the browser, I have autoplay disabled. Every time I log into Youtube (after a reboot), autoplay is enabled again.
In Google Maps on Android, the status bar is now transparent, and important information like clock, battery status, connection quality and incoming messages are now drawn on top of the map. I'm sure that looks great in a presentation but now those little icons have little, and varying contrast and are hard to decipher.
In Youtube in the browser, I have autoplay disabled. Every time I log into Youtube (after a reboot), autoplay is enabled again.