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That's not actually an argument against saying the notch was a bad design decision. Just because people can tolerate it in order to get access to an iPhone with an OLED screen (or other X features) doesn't make it a feature that users see as a positive.

I've never seen anyone say they like the notch, only tolerate / ignore it.

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You will find people who say they like Face ID, though, and there’s no way to have that without the notch. It’s not like apple woke up one day and said fuck it let’s take a notch out of the screen for no reason.

> and there’s no way to have that without the notch.

There is, the notch could instead be a black bar that extends across the width of the screen. whether that's a better decision is arguable, but it's definitely possible.

I wouldn't have been so annoyed if it was actually treated as the engineering concession that it is. From a user experience POV, the obvious thing to do with an OLED screen would have been to make the notch the same height as the status bar, and have the status bar white-on-black.

Instead, they chose to rub the user's face in it as a marketing ploy.

It’s your opinions vs Jony Ives whether its good design or not. Most people here seem to side with Jony and not you, of course you are entitled to your opinions.

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