Yeah, I'd have to agree, although I think it shouldn't be that way...but it is: every designer I've ever worked with has some weird pathological predilection to be borderline abusive to users in the quest to make the app/site they are designing their personal art gallery... and Frontend devs are left meekly trying to stand up for the user. I don't know why this pathology surfaces in so many places, but talking with colleagues, it's pretty common everywhere.