It's weird all this negative press of open plan yet it remains the primary way we all work? Personally, I prefer open plan, I get bored in a static unchanging

It's weird all this negative press of open plan yet it remains the primary way we all work? Personally, I prefer open plan, I get bored in a static unchanging office. Open plan provides a form of external stimulis to keep the mind busy whilst I'm busy doing something mundane (much like fidget toys). The noise gets a bit much on occasion when I need to concentrate, but a pair of headphones sorts that out.