Yea. They are made to help you achieve something. They are not designed to "engage" you to maximize ad profits ;)

That's almost a trust signal at this point.

And modern English dates back to 1700. The Roman alphabet, from two millenia. If it works fine, don't change it.

2009 was declared a vintage year for GUIs.

Which is a great thing. The visual experience should be the most stable part of a piece of software.