Mailchimp’s curious global gateway misstep

A little more than a year ago I wrote about Mailchimp’s improved global gateway.

Here is what you would have seen in the header back then:

And here is the header today:

Much has clearly changed, but I’d like you to focus on the global gateway icon.

The generic globe icon (which I have long recommended and was included back in 2022) has been replaced by a “globe on stand” icon. I honestly can’t imagine why they made this change…