If you're not personally offended by Apple's smaller advertisements, that's great! Much like the Windows users who don't care about being advertising stock, you're welcome to continue using MacOS to your heart's content. You're lying to yourself if you think that MacOS lets you escape 'being the product', though.
The actual quality only has to be good enough for demonstrators to keep using and demoing in an overall positive light. i.e. current users are 2nd class citizens to potential future users.
An example of this is the System Preferences change in macOS Ventura. I used to be able to see all choices in a small window, but now it looks like iPhone settings long scroll.
it's not just an unused iCloud settings icon.
it's a persistent red (1) that is always showing up in the settings app or in your dock while settings are open, indicating that something needs your attention.
there used to be no official way to disable this "reminder", though it seems that with Ventura it can finally be dismissed.
But pushing icloud for example when you run out of space, turning on icloud services on updates and then sending threatening emails that you'll lose your photos - that are only in icloud because Apple turned that on without permission - is.