and I'd like to be able to move my cursor to the top edge of the screen to click tabs without worrying about where my cursor is on the y-axis, only x. we've completely forgotten about Hot corners and hot edges...
When tabs are placed against the very top edge of the screen, the top edge effectively acts as a target with infinite height (Y-axis), making it very easy to reach.
Apple and Microsoft both apply this concept in their OS, just to different elements (close button or menu bar).
Unfortunately people who design UI or produce specs are not power users so the end products have been losing utility at an incredible pace.
My personal favorite is an input field which clears its content once it loses focus. So when inputting an address on mobile you can't switch back and forth to copy different parts of it.