If rather have a boring but consistent and usable UI than something jazzy but inconsistent and broken.

Every app should not be its own little universe as if it was a videogame.

"Usable" being the key word. 12 or 14 pixel square hieroglyphics are not good icons, end of story.

SF Symbols is not a bitmap font.

But as the article shows - you don't even get consistency, since different apps pick different SF symbols for the same thing.

It's just uniformity that failed to bring real user interface consistency.