Making new stuff for your heart's desire is excellent. Art is a vital part of life. Inflicting something upon millions of people should, however, be about what they need. I did not volunteer to be a participant in somebody's half-assed art project, and if I did, it wouldn't be using my work laptop.
Nothing is being inflicted, Nobody forces users to use Ubuntu, they do it because they like it. That is not to say that they should be deaf to community feedback. If it's so bad it is going to lose market share but Ubuntu really is popular and people seem to still like it. The people who dislike it are just way more vocal that's all. Why bitch about something that's free AND when you have plenty of choices?