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Reddit’s only free iOS app icons are ugly now
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this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2023
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Do iOS users care about the app icons? Every time I hear about iOS it feels like aliens.
I’m confused, are you saying you don’t care about the icons at all? Like if they all look like complete ass you wouldn’t mind?
I’m also confused as to why you singled out IOS users, as Android literally has a built in system to change each and every icon yourself for free. If nobody cared that wouldn’t exist.
They have to look different from each other so that I can find them but otherwise no, I do not care how the icons look and I have never met another android user that does either. While there are third party launchers for android to customize your user experience and they allow you to change icons I have never met anyone that uses launchers exclusively for that purpose.
The reason I am talking about iOS is because that is what we are talking about. iOS has a system to pay for app icons and Android doesn't. Paying $5 for an app icon is alien territory for me.
IOS has no such feature, what’re you talking about? This is exclusive to Reddit, and technically Apollo as a donation system. Apple didn’t make this, and it’s not a system level feature. Reddit made this, and you access this nonsense within their own app.
Also, congrats, you now know an Android user who cares about what their device looks like. I’m genuinely surprised I’m the first though, as the level of customization Android offers makes for an ideal place for those looking to customize the look of their device.
Btw try not to use so many strawman arguments in the future. I never said people used third party launchers exclusively to change icons, for example. I’m sure it wasn’t intentional, but figured I’d let you know regardless.
I still find it weird that people care about icons but I find you weirder for getting this upset about it.
Where did it seem like I was upset?
iOS user here. I only care if the app icon changes and I can't find it for a minute. But then, I think most phone and computer personalization features are unnecessary.