I like it a lot. It makes the device feel really cohesive between apps. And changing the color every now and then feels like a breath of fresh air. Also, the pastel colors help to get rid of blue/grey tones which is easier for the eyes.

i hated material ew as soon as it was announced. so much padding everywhere, and so little contrast - to paraphrase the incredibles: if everything’s orange^[1], nothing is. your eyes will adjust to it. i want actionable items to stand out, not be a slightly lighter shade of the same colour. it also looks rather like a fischer-price my first phone interface

i must say, if an app (for example, jerboa) uses material 3, i usually try to look for an alternative

some examples:

with material design, it’s clear what’s a header, what’s a footer,^[2] and what each button’s state is.

with all the padding, there’s also less space; leading to less functionality

with material ew, it’s much harder to tell at a glance what each app is, one has to scrutinise the icon rather than just tell at a glance by colour

i also really dislike monet; the way it pulls this horrible washed out sickly pastel colour from a wallpaper and washes it over the entire app. if i just pulled one accent colour, and applied that to, say, the header and main action button, i’d like it a lot more

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I love it. Also makes it easier for app devs, like myself, to build an app that blends in with the device you’re using it on.

strong dislike
everything is bloated and round, the quick settings tiles are too large, like it was intended to be used by a grandma
the colour scheme outside pixel is too unsaturated, oneui and aosp roms are not as colorful as pixel ui because google copyrighted it ig

I love consistency between the apps that I use, so yes, I love it.

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I like it.

I think it’s ok. The problem is my wallpaper is a cat so everything material you is like light coffee colored which I don’t really like. But I’m too lazy to find a better color that doesn’t look worse.

I don’t like the background tint, but after removing it with Repainter I love the consistency on all my apps

Mostly ambivalent to it.

However, the quick settings is a big downgrade from before. Less buttons, more space. And don’t even get me started on the horrible design of the internet toggle.

I’m made of meat.

Im sure someone likevits it, but I hate it.

I like the color theming that pulls from my current wallpaper, I think it’s neat for the lockscreen clock and the settings tiles colors.

Don’t use the Material You app icons, so I don’t really have any opinions on that.

Google went out of their way for an unwanted feature that makes devs lives harder.

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