oh... so, the latest Android version, they decided "you know what would make things better? If it were ridiculously ugly" seriously, wtf, google?!

okay, I was merely annoyed before, because I couldn't fathom this not being optional. As in, I thought "okay, so they've highlighted this new thing by making it display by default". But there is no way to turn it off. Google has ruined my phone. I hate it now. fuck this.