To keep this short so as to not thread-jack (I will tie this in with Angela later): I couldn't agree more. iOS 7 in 2013 was merely a bad copy of the best of the worst of Windows Phone, Microsoft's Metro design, Android, Google's Material Design, and Flat Design such that almost immediately afterwards, the designs of websites, iOS apps, and even professional programs like SAP lemmingly followed this flat, low-contrast, space-wasting, too-white, too-light blue design language that was all about following a certain form — function and intuitive design be damned.
LINK (Most ironic: Windows Phone and Android were compromised copies of Apple's 1st generation iOS just to be safely/legally different than iOS5/6. Then comes iOS7 that's just a worse copy of the bad copies.)
Just today I come to realize my friend never saw the important email I sent to his Gmail account on Sunday because Gmail's awful and vague minimalist interface made it hardly clear to him that he received a reply to a thread of emails. For anyone who has Outlook, their interface is so, so, so, sooooo bad that it makes gmail seem good and iOS7-12 seem like a godsend.
And that, my friends, is why many of us still stick with Apple despite our complaints about too much focus on thin & fashion & appearance instead of durable, robust, and intuitive design that "just works" -- it's because Apple products are a better choice compared to Android, and no longer because they are unequivocally the best (which is how I felt after I made the leap to AAPL in 2005 and up until 2013's iOS7 and then the Fisher Price My First Computer-looking OSX starting with Yosemite).
Same for Andrea as best I can tell. She fixed a bunch of problems that really weren't huge problems. Moved the furniture around.