[ddeokbokki]

OP's point is that if you know how to use ls you don't need icons and extra granularity in color scheme to understand the output.

[moomin]

The same is true of reading a hex dump of the inode table. Improved UIs can matter.

[tambourine_man]

It’s not a valid point nor was it properly articulated.

It’s obviously not a matter of needing, but of aesthetics and usability, and that’s very much a valid pursuit.