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Text contrast that’s hard to read. Menus that are inconsistent and hard to interpret. Windows that are hard to resize.
Engineers who don't agree with a design decision will do as little work as possible to make it look “as designed”. In this context, having it not work right is a feature.
I’m guessing there are folks at Apple who are very happy to see all these critiques of macOS Tahoe.
Here’s my guess what happened in the lead up to WWDC25:
Apple realized it was deep in the weeds with Apple Intelligence (and associated PR) and needed a tentpole feature that wasn't AI.
Liquid Glass was in development for some upcoming edgeless hardware. It needed another year of work, but management/marketing was fucked.
A thing that wasn't ready got moved up. Bug fixing took a back seat. Everyone grabbed paint brushes, not screwdrivers.
The next year is going to be rough for EVERYONE.
Qwaulity.
And, of course, customers think it’s our code that’s at fault.