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Atlassian's recent Trello redesign has sparked massive user backlash, with customers calling it one of the worst tech updates in history, comparing it to Windows 8. The May 2025 update changed layouts, fonts, and removed features like card comments, prompting nearly 200 complaint posts on community forums. Users suspect Atlassian is deliberately degrading Trello to push customers toward their more expensive Jira platform, as the company now suggests Jira as a Trello alternative and has stated they're changing Trello into an entirely different product.

Atlassian's Trello redesign may be 'worst in tech history'

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Users suspect Atlassian is deliberately degrading Trello to push customers toward their more expensive Jira platform
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We ll knew that since the day they purchased it…

The only point I disagree with in this article is that the worst redesign in tech history was undoubtedly the changes made by Microsoft after its acquisition of GitHub. This is terrible because most companies in the world depend on GitHub.

TBH I’m not surprised they could screw Trello. I don’t even think they did it intentionally, all their products are absolutely horrific to work with.