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I never understood why Apple always hides functionality beneath undiscoverable gestures. Especially on iOS where once I had a friend complain that they cannot see the time that a message was sent or received. I had to show them to hold and swipe so they can see the hidden column of times. I guess they don’t want to clutter up at the interface with things like labels and options.
Of course, it would make it cluttered which would make finding the most used information harder. But sometimes a quick look at the manual is all that's needed, > Tip: To see what time a message was sent or received, drag a bubble to the left. https://help.apple.com/iphone/11/#/iph82fb73ba3
I'd rather every app just have a hamburger menu with a menagerie of settings so that those settings can exist even if they're too hard to design for. Instead designers write blog posts that shame everyone for making those menus in the first place.
Hidden gestures is the worst UX of all. For the same reason Siri will never replace a CLI -- completely probabilistic, unknown interface.