Design aesthetics are not insignificant. Ask anyone in marketing - there’s an entire science behind why users choose one look and feel over another. If good design doesn’t harm decentralization, there’s absolutely no reason not to optimize for it. The digital experience is largely visual, and visual experience is part of user experience. Building something that simply “works” isn’t enough - unless you’re shipping for other devs who live in terminal windows and think usability is optional. For everyone else, design is the bridge between function and adoption. If you can’t see the difference between these, and decide what feels better from a glance, then you probably wouldn’t understand what I mean.

