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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.

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

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.