Theoretically, I agree. UX shouldn't be about making systems look good. In practice, though, this appears to be the main concern (maybe because it's the easiest

Theoretically, I agree. UX shouldn't be about making systems look good. In practice, though, this appears to be the main concern (maybe because it's the easiest one to grasp?), leaving all the other ones subordinated to it. Hence I would blame the "excess" of UX design.