Apple cares so much about accessibility that they are now baking accessibility needs into their interfaces just so you can experience their accessibility features.
If you’ve been tricked into updating to iOS 26 also (because, really, what numbskull in their right mind would subject themselves willingly to that Shakespearian clusterfuck?), the reduce transparency and reduce motion accessibility settings are your friend.
Sure, your phone will look and feel worse than before but that’s a small price to pay for progess, amirite? Now stop your bitching before Apple sets ICE on you or something.