If you haven't been able to ship your iOS/macOS 26 update yet and have been feeling bad about it, just remember:

Apple still hasn't shipped iWork with Liquid Glass, and Apple also opted all its pro apps out of Liquid Glass.

Final Cut Pro on iPad still doesn't support the background video exporting feature that was added to iPadOS 26 specifically to enable it.

Swift Playground doesn't even support the iOS 26 SDK, so you can't build Liquid Glass apps with it even if you wanted to

Everyone should go to therapy.

If that’s not possible, at least read @hotdogsladies’ ongoing Wisdom Project.

Ideally, both.
https://mastodon.social/@hotdogsladies/115256064704477797

It is impossible to conceive that anyone at Apple could think this was an improvement (either aesthetically or functionally) and so the only conclusion is that they simply don't care.

Whatever requirements drove this icon change; whatever process led to its approval; it is clear that at no point did the question "is this good?" factor in.

Once respected as design leaders, Apple has now transcended the very notion of design quality as a concept.

From: @BasicAppleGuy
https://mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy/115016185421357323

I don’t think we’re that lucky. The forces that got Dye there in the first place haven’t changed direction — he has only *risen* in the ranks as people above him have left.

I bet Dye is invincible until we get new leadership above him, which is just the CEO now.

And you know Cook wont do shit. He has zero product sense, design talent, or taste. https://cosocial.ca/@david/114898506800069452