It's certainly self-aware pastiche, not the 90s original, for sure. But I guess what I'm saying is that the idea that "the majority of users" want XYZ or are ev

It's certainly self-aware pastiche, not the 90s original, for sure. But I guess what I'm saying is that the idea that "the majority of users" want XYZ or are even looking for design styles actively isn't actually something substantiated by data in any of these claims, and there's enough interesting counterpoints that none of us should be confident our preferences are shared by the masses. Design sampling bias and mindless imitation certainly brought us a lot of the cookie cutter whitespace affairs we see also.