I think most users don't care either way. But a vocal minority has gotten very hung up on UI/UX design.
Frankly i see this as a ripple from the .com era. As the web went commercial, people that formerly learned about print (and other) media production moved online. Thus we got the "geek" persona, someone who worked with servers but was still "stylish". This to distance that activity from the "nerd" persona, that was seen as "non-stylish".
Sadly, the geek get all the attention by being "social savy". Thus a small, but apparently loud, group of people end up with undo influence.
Frankly i see this as a ripple from the .com era. As the web went commercial, people that formerly learned about print (and other) media production moved online. Thus we got the "geek" persona, someone who worked with servers but was still "stylish". This to distance that activity from the "nerd" persona, that was seen as "non-stylish".
Sadly, the geek get all the attention by being "social savy". Thus a small, but apparently loud, group of people end up with undo influence.