Link to: https://onefoottsunami.com/2025/11/05/tahoes-terrible-icons/
Tahoe’s Terrible Icons
Paul Kafasis, writing at One Foot Tsunami:
While Apple had previously urged developers to use squircle icons
on our apps, they’ve now taken things much further to ensure
compliance. It’s a shame.
Link to: https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/
We can avoid Apple’s heavy-handed implementation of a questionable idea.
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