@elilla that devs attitude certainly explains why the official mastodon app is in the state it is compared to all the other 3rd party clients out there that maybe have listened to user feedback outch.
I get having a good design team - and it's worth a lot, but feedback is also always worth a lot to your design team vision or not, if the users have an actual issue with the design choice it's maybe a smart idea to pass it up so the paid designers can consider it :(