I guess this has been said before but I want to reiterate it here.
The 3 button navigation is simpler, much faster than gestures and less prone to input errors than gessure navigation.
It’s easier to use the phone one handed when using 3 buttons especially considering the size of phones nowadays.
The only real downside to the 3 button bar is the space it takes away from the screen. I can’t deny you get better immersion due increased screen size and gestures being intuitive (for me at least.
With that said I understand that depending on the brand the feel of gestures and their quality can vary (like between a pixel phone and a xiaomi device), but in terms of efficiency (and maybe slightly improved battery life due to less animations) and simplicity the 3 button navigation is still miles ahead.
Well gestures are objectively faster and you must be stupid to think otherwise since in my Xiaomi I can switch between 2 apps by dragging the gesture from the phone’s edge to the center of the screen (I accept and respect the fact that this feature may be limited to Xiaomi phones but regardless is a huge advantage compared to 3 button navigation
I like to be insulted for a post I made 2 years ago but OK. (I use gestures BTW)
this is funny, i didn’t even see when this post was uploaded lol. honestly i don’t know why i insulted you and now i feel bad 🥲, sorry mate have a good one