Designers that come from a background of human machine interaction care and will say that. Designers who come from a background of art don't understand what is being talked about and so don't say anything - they tend to only ensure it works on their one devices which they have selected to be the best and ignore everything else.

The second group does make things that look nicer, but the first ensures it can be used. You really want both, but then you need to be careful about who wins when they disagree.