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The absence of notches
My monkey brain wants symmetry, a notch prevents that. And for privacy purposes, small notches make it harder to neatly cover the camera
But then, monkey brain loses screen space
Agreed. I keep the notch hidden at all times so effectively I just moved my status bar away from the screen.
And you'd have even more screen space if the notch was filled in and people didn't screech like howler monkies because their phone has a tiny bezel.
Samsung handles it nice where you can hide the cutout on a per app basis, and doing so doesn't move the status bar down but keeps it where it is. With the amoled display it looks like a normal status bar with the notch or pinhole camera not being obvious.
I'm not sure why some phones don't give that option, since if you do they shift down the status bar below the notch instead of just turning it black. Such a simple software solution.