Sure, different people want different things is true and accurate. But it also true and accurate that the vast majority of people want to do the thing they want

Sure, different people want different things is true and accurate. But it also true and accurate that the vast majority of people want to do the thing they want to do, and for the interface to get out the way. Design consistency helps with that, or rather, design inconsistency hinders it. I sense stockholm syndrome. Windows would not lose anything by making their design language consistent.