Don't forget that most users do not get to choose what software they have to use (think internal software in a big company, or you have to use whatever company

Don't forget that most users do not get to choose what software they have to use (think internal software in a big company, or you have to use whatever company x gives you to deal with their cloud, etc). And most software designers do not use their own products (outside perhaps of software development products). So there is a "good enough for the dog" element in these designs.