I'm imagining someone doing the maths on the suffering created by programs prioritising form over function. How many times have people got annoyed (or worse) at a program because they couldn't get it to work, compared to how many times people have got annoyed because a program didn't look all that great?

I doubt the pleasure of aesthetically pleasing programs can weight up for much. Then there are the ugly and bad programs too. Those have no redemption to speak of.