Design that doesn't put the user first is egotistical by nature.
There's nothing to get used to; design isn't new on Apple's platforms. If anything, Apple has driven software design more than any other platform or company.
Apple's customers value -- and paid for -- a consistent ecosystem, on which Apple defines design guidelines and HIG requirements. Apple developers and designers work together to maintain a consistent ecosystem and the resulting mutual benefit.
There's nothing to get used to; design isn't new on Apple's platforms. If anything, Apple has driven software design more than any other platform or company.
Apple's customers value -- and paid for -- a consistent ecosystem, on which Apple defines design guidelines and HIG requirements. Apple developers and designers work together to maintain a consistent ecosystem and the resulting mutual benefit.
Get used to it.